An information processing method of an information processing apparatus that is able to communicate with a communication apparatus by a short range wireless communication method and communicate with the communication apparatus by a higher speed communication method, a state of the communication apparatus being changed from a first state that is a power-on state to a power-off state having power consumption lower than that of the power-on state when a user presses a power key provided on the communication apparatus, the power-off state including a second state and a third state, and the communication apparatus being capable of performing communication by the short range wireless communication method when in the first state or the second state and not capable of performing communication by the short range wireless communication method when in the third state, the information processing method performed by the information processing apparatus comprising: obtaining information from the communication apparatus in the first state by the short range wireless communication method, the information indicating whether a first setting is made or a second setting is made, wherein the first setting is a setting as a result of which the state of the communication apparatus is changed from the first state to the second state when power-off occurs in the communication apparatus in the first state by press of the power key, and the second setting is a setting as a result of which the state of the communication apparatus is changed from the first state to the third state when power-off occurs in the communication apparatus in the first state by press of the power key, determining whether the obtained information indicates that the second setting is made, and requesting, in a case where the obtained information indicates that the second setting is made, the communication apparatus in the first state to make the first setting by the short range wireless communication method, wherein in a case where the obtained information indicates that the first setting is made, the communication apparatus is not requested by the information processing apparatus to make the second setting, and wherein the requesting to make the first setting is performed in a case where the communication by the short range wireless communication method is established for a predetermined function which is executed using the communication by the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus and is specified by the user. obtaining information from the communication apparatus in the first state by the short range wireless communication method, the information indicating whether a first setting is made or a second setting is made, wherein the first setting is a setting as a result of which the state of the communication apparatus is changed from the first state to the second state when power-off occurs in the communication apparatus in the first state by press of the power key, and the second setting is a setting as a result of which the state of the communication apparatus is changed from the first state to the third state when power-off occurs in the communication apparatus in the first state by press of the power key, determining whether the obtained information indicates that the second setting is made, and requesting, in a case where the obtained information indicates that the second setting is made, the communication apparatus in the first state to make the first setting by the short range wireless communication method, wherein in a case where the obtained information indicates that the first setting is made, the communication apparatus is not requested by the information processing apparatus to make the second setting, and wherein the requesting to make the first setting is performed in a case where the communication by the short range wireless communication method is established for a predetermined function which is executed using the communication by the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus and is specified by the user.