The number of items you've selected will be displayed, along with search and replace values, a list of options, and a preview window displaying results of the search and replace values you've entered.Įnter text or a regular expression to find the files in your selection that contain the criteria matching your entry. Notice that the Explorer's 'Undo Rename' (Ctrl+Z) command enables the ability to undo the last change.Īfter selecting files in Windows File Explorer, right-clicking and selecting PowerRename (which will appear only when enabled in PowerToys), the PowerRename window will appear. PowerRename enables a single bulk rename. Since all of the files are uniquely named, this would have taken a long time to complete manually one-by-one.

In this demo, all instances of the file name 'foo' are replaced with 'foobar'.

Undo a rename operation after it is completed.

Check expected rename results in a preview window before finalizing a bulk rename.

Perform a regular expression rename on multiple files.

Perform a search and replace on a targeted section of file names.

Modify the file names of a large number of files, without giving all of the files the same name.

PowerRename is a bulk renaming tool that enables you to:

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