Patent ID: 8558922

Claim:
An image file management apparatus capable of managing image data and attribute information associated with the image data, the image file management apparatus comprising: a loading unit configured to load a detachable storage media recording an image file including the image data and one or more attribute information associated with the image data; an attribute information recording unit configured to record, in a memory different from the detachable storage media, at least one piece of attribute information of the attribution information included in the image file recorded in the detachable storage media loaded on the loading unit, by associating the attribute information included in the image file with an identifier of the image file and identification information of the detachable storage media; an attribute information deleting unit configured to delete the attribute information, corresponding to the attribute information recorded in the memory, of the image file recorded in the detachable storage media; and an attribute information restoring unit configured to restore the deleted attribute information deleted by the attribute information deleting unit, by using the attribute information recorded in the memory, in a case where the identification information of the detachable storage media, which is loaded on the loading unit, and the identification information of the media recorded in the memory correspond with each other.