In a case where a removable recording medium on which complete erasure has not been performed is accidentally removed from an information processing apparatus, information may be at risk of leaking out from the removed recording medium. In a case where physical removal of the recording medium from the information processing apparatus is detected, the information processing apparatus determines whether the removed recording medium is a recording medium on which complete erasure processing of data recorded thereon has been performed. Then, in a case where it is determined that the complete erasure processing of the data has not been performed, a user is notified of a prompt for the complete erasure processing.