Patent ID: 9544465
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a document storage unit configured to store documents and thumbnail images of the documents; a memory storing instructions; and one processor which executes the instructions and causes an image processing apparatus to function as: a receiving unit configured to receive a deletion instruction for deleting a document from the document storage unit a deleting unit configured to delete the document from the document storage unit in accordance with the deletion instruction received by the receiving unit; a determining unit configured to determine whether a thumbnail image of the document to be deleted is associated with a document that is different from the document to be deleted and is stored in the document storage unit; and a control unit configured not to delete the thumbnail image in a case where it is determined as a result of determination by the determining unit that the thumbnail image is associated with the document that is different from the document to be deleted and configured to delete the thumbnail image in a case where it is determined as the result of the determination by the determining unit that the thumbnail image is not associated with the document that is different from the document to be deleted.