A method and a device for detecting slot format indication, and a method and a device for configuring slot format indication are provided. The method for detecting slot format indication is applied to a terminal and includes: obtaining a bit length of SFI index information of a target cell or a target carrier and a slot format configuration set corresponding to the bit length; detecting the SFI index information of the target cell or the target carrier; and determining a slot format configuration corresponding to the detected SFI index information based on the detected SFI index information and the slot format configuration set corresponding to the bit length of the detected SFI index information.