Provided is an information recording apparatus including: a memory for storing image pickup data; a recording circuit for intermittently recording the image pickup data stored in the memory on a disc-like medium from the memory; a setting circuit for setting an ejection mode of the disc-like medium; and a control circuit for ejecting the disc-like medium without recording the image pickup data stored in the memory on the disc-like medium when a first ejection mode is set by the setting circuit. The apparatus enables to immediately remove a disk-like medium.