Patent attributes
A file processing method includes obtaining a first operation from a user, displaying a first file on a first screen of a first application, obtaining a second operation from the user on the first screen, displaying, in response to the second operation, the first file on a recycle bin screen of the first application, deleting, by the mobile terminal, a first data table, where the first file is invisible to the user on the recycle bin screen of the first application due to deletion of the first data table, obtaining a third operation from the user, and generating, in response to the third operation, a second data table, where the first file is visible to the user on the recycle bin screen of the first application due to existence of the second data table.