An electronic device comprising: a determining unit configured to determine a display direction based on a movement distance of a touch position or an amount of a change in a posture of the electronic device; and a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display a partial region of a VR image in accordance with the display direction determined based on the movement distance of the touch position if the display direction determined based on the movement distance of the touch position is smaller than the predetermined angle and control the display unit to change over to another VR image and display another VR image instead of displaying the partial region of the VR image if the display direction determined based on the movement distance of the touch position is larger than the predetermined angle.