An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, a detection unit, and a remote operation unit. The communication unit communicates with an external device. The detection unit detects a sound. The remote operation unit operates the external device with at least one of operations on the external device invalidated, and validates an operation on the external device, which has been invalidated, in the case where a first specific sound is detected by the detection unit with a reception screen for receiving a specific input by a user displayed on the external device.