A communication apparatus operable as an AP of a wireless LAN, the apparatus comprises a transmission unit configured to transmit to another apparatus an instruction for causing a connection to a wireless LAN that the AP creates; a reception unit configured to receive from the other apparatus, which received the instruction by communication in accordance with BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy), a notification indicating that it is possible to connect to the wireless LAN that the AP creates; and an activation unit configured to activate a function of the AP in accordance with reception by the reception unit without activating a function of the AP in accordance with the transmission of the instruction by the transmission unit.