A display control method applied to a terminal device, and includes: determining, in response to a first operation of a user, an application that is running on the terminal device, where the first operation is used to trigger display of an interface of the application that is running on the terminal device; obtaining a display layout manner of the application; and displaying the interface of the application in a display region corresponding to the display layout manner. A display interface of the terminal device includes display regions respectively corresponding to N display layout manners, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. Display regions respectively corresponding to a plurality of display layout manners are displayed on the display interface of the terminal device.