Gesture instruction execution method and apparatus, system, and storage medium

This application provides a gesture instruction execution method, apparatus, and system, and a storage medium. One example method includes obtaining a plurality of gesture instructions acting on different areas of a target screen; obtaining an operation area on the target screen corresponding to each of the obtained plurality of gesture instructions; determining, based on the operation area on the target screen corresponding to each of the plurality of gesture instructions and screen ranges to which a plurality of applications on the target screen belong, a target application corresponding to each gesture instruction; and controlling, based on instruction content of each gesture instruction, the target application corresponding to each gesture instruction.