at least one processor; and

at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor and having a predetermined program stored therein,

wherein the at least one processor and the at least one memory are configured to, when the predetermined program is executed by the at least one processor, act as a plurality of units comprising:

(1) a first specifying unit configured to automatically specify an image group to be used in an album from a plurality of images by the predetermined program;

(2) an obtaining unit configured to obtain album information forming the album generated based on the image group automatically specified by the predetermined program;

(3) a display control unit configured to display an editing screen for editing the album on a display based on the album information;

(4) an adding unit configured to newly add an image to the album based on a user operation;

(5) a second specifying unit configured to automatically specify an image to be deleted from the image group used in the album by the predetermined program based on the album information; and

(6) a recommendation unit configured to make a deletion recommendation to delete the specified image to be deleted in the editing screen,

wherein prevention processing is executed by the predetermined program to prevent a user-used image, which is an image included in the image group used in the album, different from the image group automatically specified by the predetermined program, and added to the album based on the user operation, from being automatically specified by the predetermined program as the image to be deleted.