To improve easy of use by informing when a process is finished and making to temporarily stop operation if necessary possible.

In a washing and drying machine in which washing is stored in a washing tank and washing operation and drying operation are made successively operable through a plurality of processes, information is made possible when at least dehydrating process is finished among the processes and in addition, among each of the processes, with the information on finishing of an arbitrary process, the operation can be temporarily stopped and when the operation is temporarily stopped, after a specified time passes, continuous operation is automatically opened again.