A method for moving an icon includes when a plurality of pages are simultaneously displayed on an interface in a thumbnail form, selecting a start page including a plurality of icons to be moved to a target page; moving the start page to the target page and the two pages are overlapped, detecting the overlapping ratio of two pages and/or the duration of the overlapping state, comparing the number of vacant spots within the target page with the number of all of icons within the start page, and adding all of icons within the start page to the vacant spots within the target page when the number of vacant spots within the target page is more than or equal to the number of all of icons within the start page. Other various embodiments including a portable terminal for moving an icon also are disclosed.