Provided is a remote control unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, which is excellent in the easy operability for a user. In this remote control unit (10), a control unit (20) is stored with the display formats of a screen to be displayed in a display unit (11), of which a first display format is a fundamental screen (110) whereas a second display format is a second fundamental screen (120). Thecontrol unit (20) causes, when it receives a one-time operation input of a fixing button (15), a menu (21) to display the item to select the display format. The number of items to be displayed in thesecond fundamental screen (120) of the second display format is larger than that of items to be displayed in the fundamental screen (110) of the first display format. The second fundamental screen (120) has a specific region (120a) capable of changing the item displayed.