An apparatus for controlling outputting of web data including: a receiving section (2) for receiving direction information of a direction to output web data, which direction information has been issued by a user; a web data obtaining section (3) for obtaining the web data that is processed into a web page which the user wishes to output on the basis of said direction information received in said receiving section (2); an output data creating section (4) for creating output data by extracting beneficial web data that is of benefit to the user from the obtained web data; and an output controlling section (5) for controlling the output device (15) to output the output data created by said output data creating section. With this apparatus for controlling outputting of web data, when web data processed into a web page provided on the Internet is to be output from the output device, it is possible for a user to obtain the output data in the convenient form to the user.