An image processing apparatus that can be controlled according to multiple control methods for multiple types of control. The image processing apparatus includes a user identifier obtaining unit that obtains a user identifier; a specification input receiving unit that receives the input of one type of control specified from among multiple types of control as well as one of multiple control methods that are supplied for each type of control; a control method setting unit that, based on the specification input received by the specification input receiving unit, performs default configuration that sets one of the multiple control methods that are supplied for each of the other multiple types of control; a control method storage unit that stores the control method for the specified type of control as well as control methods for the other types of control set by the control method setting unit while associating them with the user that is specified by the user identifier obtained by the user identifier obtaining unit; and a controller that executes control with regard to the multiple types of control in accordance with the control methods stored in the control method storage unit.