An image processing apparatus includes a combining unit configured to combine a plurality of images to generate a combined image, and a control unit configured to record the combined image generated by the combining unit on a recording medium, and configured to: if the combined image, generated by the combining unit, is generated by combining a plurality of captured images, and: if the combined image satisfies a predetermined condition, attach first type data to the recorded combined image, and if the combined image does not satisfy the predetermined condition, attach second type data to the recorded combined image. If the combined image, generated by the combining unit, is generated by combining a plurality of captured images recorded on the recording medium, the second type data is attached regardless of whether the predetermined condition is satisfied.