Disclosed is a method for controlling a hair dryer, the method for controlling a hair dryer, which comprises a main body part, a
handle part, an operation part, a heating unit and a fan unit, according to one embodiment of the present invention comprising: an auto
mode selection step in which a user operates the operation part so as to select, among a plurality of operation
modes, an auto mode including a plurality of individual
modes; and an auto mode performance step in which the plurality of individual
modes are consecutively performed, wherein at least one among the temperature and speed of discharged gas is set to be different for each of the plurality of individual modes, and in the auto mode performance step, the heating unit and the fan unit control the temperature and speed of the discharged gas according to the respective settings of the plurality of individual modes.