An apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a setting history indicating a setting content relating to an executed processing, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a definition file, and a processing unit configured to execute the processing according to the acquired definition file. Whether the processing which has been executed in the image processing apparatus is processing based on the definition file is determined. In a case where the executed processing is the processing based on the definition file, the setting history indicating the setting content relating to the processing is not stored.