An electronic device comprises a communication unit. and a response unit that, when a request has been received from an external device, generates information in accordance with the type of the request and sends the generated information to the external device as a response, wherein the response unit includes a determination unit that determines whether or not the received request belongs to a type that requests information pertaining to a plurality of files stored in the memory, a generation unit that, when the determination unit has determined that the received request belongs to the type that requests information pertaining to a plurality of files, generates a single chunk in which the requested information is written for the plurality of files, and a sending unit that sends the chunk generated by the generation unit as a response to the request.