A method for controlling cell search of User Equipment (UE) includes: receiving frequency layer information corresponding to a Synchronization Signal and PBCH Block (SSB) index from a network side through a system broadcast; determining at least one to-be-searched cell with a high frequency priority based on a retrieved beam index or the frequency layer information corresponding to the SSB index, the cell with a high frequency priority being a cell of which a frequency priority is higher than a frequency priority of a cell where the UE is presently located; and searching the at least one to-be-searched cell with a high frequency priority based on a search time interval. The search time interval is a minimum time interval, meeting a performance requirement, for all cells with high frequency priority.