An image forming apparatus includes a unit configured to manage screen type information including a type that indicates a dependence relationship between UT screens, a unit configured to manage placement item type information including a type that indicates whether to reflect customization of a first UI screen into a placement item to be placed on a second UI screen depending on the first UI screen, a unit configured to perform management and display control for configurations of plural UI screens and a unit configured to, when a placement item of a predetermined UI screen that is display-controlled is customized, determine whether to reflect customization of the predetermined UI screen into a UI screen that depends on the predetermined UI screen based on the screen type information of the predetermined UI screen and the placement item type information of the placement item of the customization target.