Method and apparatus for executing application in electronic device

Abstract

A method and apparatus for displaying an application in a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes executing an application in a mobile terminal may include displaying icons corresponding to at least one application on a menu screen, extracting associated applications previously designated to have the same category as that of an application corresponding to a selected icon when the icon is selected in the menu screen, displaying at least one associated icon corresponding to the extracted associated application in an associated icon list form, and executing an application corresponding to the at least one associated icon when the at least one associated icon is selected in the associated icon list.

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