Patent ID: 8495191

Claim:
A management apparatus for managing destination information stored in an image forming device, the management apparatus comprising at least a computer processor that functions as: a determination unit configured to determine destination information of a deletion candidate on the basis of a use record of the destination information stored in the image forming device for a predetermined period; a display unit configured to control to display a setting screen for setting a plurality of exceptional conditions for deleting the destination information and for setting a notification setting for notifying that the destination information has been deleted; a deletion unit configured not to delete the destination information when a number of times an operation has been performed by the image forming device for a predetermined period is less than a threshold value and configured to automatically delete the destination information of the deletion candidate determined by the determination unit when the number of times the operation has been performed by the image forming device for the predetermined period is greater than or equal to the threshold value; and a notification unit configured to notify, according to the notification setting set via the displayed setting screen, a user who used the destination information deleted by the deletion unit that the destination information has been deleted, wherein the deletion unit does not delete the destination information of the deletion candidate determined by the determination unit when the destination information has been used, as a destination of data, by a workflow function registered in the image forming device, even if the number of times the operation has been performed by the image forming device for the predetermined period is greater than or equal to the threshold value, in a case where deletion of destination information being used by the workflow function is one of the exceptional conditions set via the displayed setting screen.