A method for switching a display mode is applied to a terminal, wherein a display screen covers a front surface and a back surface of the body of the terminal including a first display region on the front surface of the body and a second display region on the back surface; the method includes: displaying in a first display mode in which the first display region is in a screen-on state and the second display region is in a screen-off state; acquiring touch information of the display screen and a flip angle of the terminal; and switching the display mode from the first display mode to a second display mode in which the first display region is in the screen-off state and the second display region is in the screen-on state when the touch information satisfies a first condition and the flip angle of the terminal satisfies a second condition.