Provided is an image forming apparatus that is capable of protecting the confidentiality of an image that is printed and outputted on paper. The image forming apparatus according to this disclosure is an image forming apparatus that outputs paper on which an image is formed. The image forming apparatus includes an imaging unit, a user-recognizing unit, a person-recognizing unit, and a control unit. The imaging unit performs imaging of the surroundings. The user-recognizing unit recognizes a user of the image forming apparatus. The person-recognizing unit recognizes persons in imaging data obtained by the imaging unit. The control unit performs confidentiality-protected output of outputting the paper so that the image on the paper is shielded when the person-recognizing unit recognizes another person who is other than the user in the imaging data.