A processor of a printing apparatus performs: storing, in a memory, a print job received through a communicator; controlling a printer to print a hold job that is a print job stored in the memory, in response to receiving a print instruction for the hold job; setting a storage time, the storage time being one of a time period during which the hold job is stored and a time point until which the hold job is stored; when the hold job remains stored in the memory past the storage time, deleting the hold job from the memory; and in response to receiving a particular operation, performing at least one of: extending the storage time of the hold job by a particular period; and deferring deletion of the hold job until a completion condition is satisfied, the completion condition indicating that an operation to the input device is completed.