The present application relates to the field of software application, and specifically relates to a file transfer display control method and apparatus, and a corresponding terminal. The method comprises the steps of: an application executes a file transfer task; obtain transfer progress information of the file transfer task; and overlay a floating window assembly at the top layer of a preset display interface of the application, and display the transfer progress information in the floating window assembly. According to the present application, by overlaying the floating window assembly at the top layer of the preset display interface of the application and displaying the transfer progress information in the floating window assembly, preposition of the transfer progress information of the file transfer task is achieved, so that a user can conveniently check the file transfer progress in the preset display interface of application in real time. In addition, the floating window assembly is overlaid at the top layer of the preset display interface in an independent manner without affecting the user's operation on the preset display interface currently being browsed, frequent switching of application pages is reduced, consumption of terminal resources is reduced, and user time is saved.