Patent ID: 8493608

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a history storage unit configured to store a job history that shows a history of a job; a history writing unit configured to divide the job history for the job into a plurality of histories, add identification information to the plurality of histories for associating the plurality of histories with each other, and write the plurality of histories to the history storage unit; a history reading unit configured to read the plurality of histories for the job on the basis of the identification information; and a history deleting unit configured to delete the job history from the history storage unit, wherein if the job is a transmission job for transmitting data to a destination and if the destination is already stored in the history storage unit, the history writing unit is configured to include destination identification information for identifying the destination in the job history and write the job history; and when the history deleting unit deletes the job history including the destination, the history writing unit is configured to add the destination to a most recent job history of all job histories including the destination identification information.