Disclosed is a method for terminating remote control over a washing machine. When triggering the shutdown control over a washing machine, the washing machine sends out a termination instruction, to terminate a channel between the washing machine and a currently connected mobile terminal and shuts down; and the shutdown control over the washing machine is triggered in a short-range manner or remotely triggered, and the remote trigger is triggered by the mobile terminal. By means of the terminal for terminating remote control over a washing machine according to the present invention, a termination instruction is sent before the washing machine shuts down, to terminate a channel with a mobile terminal, ensuring that the channel between the washing machine and the mobile terminal has already been cut off before the washing machine shuts down, such that the washing machine is not controlled or affected by the mobile terminal which was connected last time, when starting up the next time, improving the security of t