Home appliance

A home appliance comprising:

• a door;
• a handle configured to extend from the door or retract into the door, wherein a handle movement mode of the handle is selected by a user;
• a user input detection sensor disposed on the door or the handle and configured to sense an input from the user;
• a handle position detection sensor configured to detect a position of the handle according to movement of the handle;
• a door opening/closing detection sensor configured to detect opening/closing of the door;
• a handle driving motor configured to drive the handle to extend in a frontward direction from the door or retract in a rearward direction into the door;
• and
• a controller configured to receive the handle movement mode of the handle selected by the user, the controller being configured to (i) extend or retract the handle from or into the door or (ii) maintain a position of the handle in the extended state, based on the selected handle movement mode and a detection signal from each of the user input detection sensor, the handle position detection sensor, and the door opening/closing detection sensor.