The invention discloses a method for unlocking a terminal to quickly enter an application, and relates to the field of terminal unlocking. The method comprises the steps of collecting a password input by a user and an application code; and judging whether the password input by the user is correct or not, and if the password is correct, entering the corresponding application according to the application code, wherein the application code and the password have a common input region, and the password and the application code are same in input form. In addition, the invention discloses the terminal for unlocking the terminal to quickly enter the application. According to the method and the terminal, the user can enter the corresponding application through one-time sliding or one-time input; compared with simplex password input, operation steps are not added, so that the operation is convenient; and meanwhile, the common input region for the password and the application code is provided for the user, so that the strangeness feeling of application code reminding is reduced, the strangeness feeling of application code input is reduced, the user experience is improved, and the purpose of quickly entering the specified application is achieved.