The present disclosure provides a method for deleting an email from a terminal device running Android system. The method includes: acquiring sliding trace information of a touch point; acquiring, if a sliding operation of the touch point meets a pre-determined condition, initial coordinates of the control in a first layout file of an email interface where the touch point is located, target coordinates of a deletion button in a second layout file, and a preset interface shift threshold; shifting, according to the interface shift threshold, the initial coordinates of the control in a preset direction, and shifting, according to the interface shift threshold and a width value of the deletion button, the deletion button in a preset direction to the target coordinates of the deletion button; and deleting the email when a touch point is detected in a deletion button region of the email interface.