The invention provides a recording method and a mobile terminal, the method comprises the following steps: in a recording process of the mobile terminal, if a first operation is received, pausing reading and playing recorded audio, and displaying a paly progress bar associated with the recorded audio on a recording display interface of the mobile terminal; if an audio modification operation aimingat a target progress section is received, performing modification processing corresponding to the audio modification operation for the to-be-processed audio; when that modification for the recorded audio is completed is detected, continuing to perform recording. In the recording method provided by the invention, the mobile terminal can modify the recorded audio in the recording process and is convenient to operate and time-saving.