The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, and device for generating an unlocking interface, including: receiving an unlocking request; determining an application to be unlocked and a first icon file of the application according to the unlocking request; extracting a first color value according to the first icon file of the application and forming a first display layer of an unlocking interface corresponding to the application according to the first color value; acquiring a pre-generated special-effects picture corresponding to the first icon file of the application and forming a second display layer of the unlocking interface corresponding to the application according to the special-effects picture; forming a third display layer of the unlocking interface corresponding to the application according to unlocking interactive information of the application locker; superimposing the first display layer, the second display layer and the third display layer with respective specified transparencies to generate the unlocking interface.