An information processing method including: displaying, based on an object file selected in a first display area, a file icon in a first sub-area of a second display area, where an application icon is displayed in a second sub-area; displaying an application interface of an object application in the first display area in response to detecting a first operation acting on the application icon; detecting a second operation acting on the file icon; and transmitting, in response to detecting the second operation, the object file to the object application to be processed by the object application.