Patent ID: 8543624

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an image data inputting section; a storage section that stores image data that has been inputted from said inputting section; a processing section that carries out output processing of the image data, wherein the output processing includes one or more processing selected from A) making a monitor display of the image data input from the image data inputting section, B) printing the image data input from the image data inputting section, C) executing facsimile transmission of the image data input from the image data inputting section, D) executing network transmission of the image data input from the image data inputting section, E) storing the image data input from the image data inputting section in an external storage apparatus, and F) storing the image data input from the image data inputting section in the storage section; a history management section that establishes correspondence between history information of said output processing and the image data and manages the history information; a warning section to provide different modes of warning of confirming the deleting of the image data; and a control section that, in response to a deleting request for the image data stored in said storage section, based on the history information of said output processing, selects one of the modes of the warning given out by said warning section of confirming the deleting of the image data.