An electronic apparatus is provided that is capable of continuing to capture an object intended as a subject by a user before a zoom operation is started, even in a case where the subject selection based on line-of-sight detection is terminated after the zoom operation has started. The electronic apparatus comprising a line-of-sight detecting unit configured to detect a line-of-sight of a user, a zoom operating member configured to perform a zoom operation, a selecting unit configured to select a subject from an image based on the line-of-sight's position, and a control unit configured to perform control so that when the zoom operation is started by the zoom operating member, subject selection based on the line-of-sight's position is stopped without stopping line-of-sight detection performed by the line-of-sight detecting unit.