An information processing apparatus connected to a peripheral device, including: a reception unit adapted to receive a network leaving message from the peripheral device; a first determination unit adapted to determine if a device driver corresponding to the peripheral device as a source of the network leaving message received by the reception unit meets a predetermined condition; and an uninstall unit adapted to uninstall the device driver corresponding to the peripheral device as the source of the network leaving message when the first determination unit determines that information of the device driver meets the predetermined condition.