A method and a system for processing an application program. The method comprises: determining that the position of an area where a terminal is located changes from a first area to a second area (S101, S201); detecting the status of a dedicated application program in the first area and the status of a dedicated application program in the second area (S102, S202) on the terminal; performing, according to the status, a freezing/thawing-associated process respectively on the dedicated application program in the first area and the dedicated application program in the second area (S103). On the basis of the application freezing techniques, the method achieves, by combining geographic position changes of a terminal, automatic freezing/thawing of application programs, reducing user's operations, improving user experience.