{"id":982,"date":"2017-07-14T12:37:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T12:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/?p=982"},"modified":"2020-02-21T14:57:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T14:57:44","slug":"renaming-files-in-google-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/14\/renaming-files-in-google-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Renaming Files in Google Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating a new file\/ folder on <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> means you can assign them a name of your choice. Later on, you might need to change the name of that particular file or folder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Who would want to spend long hours on Google Drive renaming each file manually. The most obvious and preferred option is an automated one. This is where Cloud File Renamer does the job.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Rename Google Drive Files<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Cloud File Renamer makes renaming Google Drive files a very easy, quick and secure job. The user can select from 12 renaming rules. The whole process is very secure as Cloud File Renamer uses the official APIs of OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox and Amazon S3.<\/p>\n<p>Get registered at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudfilerenamer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cloud File Renamer<\/a> and start the rename job TODAY!<\/p>\n<p>Check&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudfilerenamer.com\/terms-of-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terms of Service<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudfilerenamer.com\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><b>Renaming A Single File\/ Folder<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To change or edit the name of a file or a folder in <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you need to first launch the <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> app by going to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\"><b>https:\/\/drive.google.com<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in your browser.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navigate to the file you need to rename. Right-click it to open up the context menu and choose the <\/span><b>Rename<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> option. Simply enter in the new name in the dialog box and click <\/span><b>OK<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to save it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Using the Command Prompt<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Command Prompt<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows more technically equipped users to change file extensions as and when required. All they need to do is type in the relevant command and execute it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><b>start<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><b>All Apps<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><b>Windows System<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><b>Command Prompt<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now type in the directory which contains all the data downloaded from <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-3.jpg\" alt=\"222\" width=\"914\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-3.jpg 914w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-3-300x20.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-3-768x51.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The remaining procedure is pretty smooth as you will use the <\/span><b>ren<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> command to change the file extensions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example: <\/span><b>ren *.ext1 *.ext6<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (This command will change all file extensions from .ext 1 to .ext 6)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Using Windows PowerShell<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this procedure, you will be equipped to with the necessary skill required to change \/ edit a character in a file name. You can change a letter, a word or a number.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can locate <\/span><b>Windows PowerShell<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by going to <\/span><b>start<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><b>All Apps<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><b>Windows PowerShell<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | <\/span><b>Windows PowerShell<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can use the following command to rename multiple files:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222.jpg\" alt=\"222\" width=\"914\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222.jpg 914w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-300x20.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-768x51.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Here <\/span><b>char<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> represents the original character in filenames and <\/span><b>replace_with<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> represents the character that will replace it. It can either be an alphabet or a number)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-1.jpg\" alt=\"222\" width=\"914\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-1.jpg 914w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-1-300x20.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-1-768x51.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following command can be used to change multiple file extensions:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-2.jpg\" alt=\"222\" width=\"914\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-2.jpg 914w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-2-300x20.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/222-2-768x51.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Using Easy File Renamer<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manually renaming a file in Google Drive can be highly tedious as well as an error prone practice. You should use a software solution to perform this task with an extremely high level of accuracy as well as in a swift fashion. <\/span><b>Easy File Renamer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one such app that helps rename <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> files seamlessly. It can automatically <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/easyfilerenamer.com\/google-drive-renamer.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rename <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> files<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, photos, songs, and also add <\/span><b>ID3<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tags to <\/span><b>MP3<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> files. It will easily rename all files on the cloud without even having to download them to your computer before you can rename them.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to <\/span><b>Easy File Renamer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s official site and download the setup. Now install it with administrative privileges by selecting the <\/span><b>Run as admin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> option from the context menu. Now follow the process till it&#8217;s successful conclusion.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch the software and navigate to the <\/span><b>Cloud Renamer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tab. Click on the <\/span><b>Add Files<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> option and you&#8217;ll be prompted to log into your <\/span><b>Google<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> account. Select an account you want to login with or add another account.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_997\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 988px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image3.png\" alt=\"Click Add Files\" width=\"978\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image3.png 978w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image3-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image3-768x522.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Click Add Files<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you\u2019ve logged in, you will be prompted to add up <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> files. Simply do the needful by selecting the relevant checkbox (for each folder) and then click <\/span><b>Add Folder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_998\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 994px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-998\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image7.png\" alt=\"Select the relevant folders and then click Add Folder\" width=\"984\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image7.png 984w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image7-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image7-768x523.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Select the relevant folders and then click Add Folder<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once all the files have been loaded up, you can start renaming them. You need to simply assign the naming rule, enter in specific information (in some cases) and finally click the green <\/span><b>Rename<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_999\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 993px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image4.png\" alt=\"Giving your approval once its all set\" width=\"983\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image4.png 983w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image4-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image4-768x522.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Giving your approval once its all set<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Easy File Renamer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will begin renaming the files on your <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> momentarily. You can view the progress as well as any errors (if any) on the progress bar being shown on the screen<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1000\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 999px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image8.png\" alt=\"Renaming operation in progress\" width=\"989\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image8.png 989w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image8-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image8-768x523.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Renaming operation in progress<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s it, the renamed files will appear in <b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> very soon.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating a new file\/ folder on Google Drive means you can assign them a name of your choice. Later on, you might need to change the name of that particular file or folder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[612,611,610],"class_list":["post-982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solutions","tag-google-drive-renaming-files","tag-rename-files-in-google-drive","tag-renaming-data-in-google-drive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2121,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions\/2121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}