CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

A control method for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders and a filter provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine in order to collect particulate matter. The control method includes a partial cylinder stoppage step, in which a supply of fuel is stopped in a part of a plurality of cylinders while continuing to supply fuel to the other cylinders such that combustion is performed therein, is implemented after a request to stop an internal combustion engine is issued but before the internal combustion engine is stopped, and after the partial cylinder stoppage step, an all cylinder stoppage step is implemented to stop the internal combustion engine by stopping the supply of fuel in all of the cylinders.