An image forming apparatus includes a communication circuit capable of, in the case where an operation mode is any of a driving mode and a power saving mode, communicating with a remote operation device, a sleep transition portion to switch the operation mode to the power saving mode, a setting portion to set setting information in accordance with a remote operation command received from the remote operation device, a process execution portion to, in the case where the remote operation command received corresponds to an execution instruction operation, execute a process in accordance with the set setting information, and a recovery portion to maintain the operation mode in the power saving mode, and to, only in the case where the communication circuit receives the remote operation command corresponding to the execution instruction operation, switch the operation mode to the driving mode.