In a remote control device, a confirmation information notifying part notifies confirmation information for transmission of a control instruction before the transmission of the control instruction by a control instruction transmitting part, in a case where when an operation instruction to a selected electronic device is input by an operation instruction inputting part, a same kind device determining part determines that a plurality of the electronic devices of the same kind as the selected electronic device exist, and the distance determining part determines that the distance between the selected electronic device and the remote control device is equal to or larger than the distance threshold value.