Batch Rename Files in Windows 10 Using File Explorer
Renaming a file on Windows 10 is simple. You just right-click and select Rename. But doing this for a few dozen or a few hundred files gets tedious. Thankfully, it’s easy to batch rename files in Windows 10 using File Explorer, PowerShell, or the Command Prompt. If you have a batch of pictures or other files that share something in common, you can rename all the files to use the same basic file structure. For example, you can rename all your Disney World vacation photos from 2019 to ‘Disneyworld Vacation Photos 2019.’ When you batch rename files in Windows 10 using File Explorer (also known as File Manager), each file receives the new name with a number at the end, such as (1), (2), and so on. Using File Explorer to batch rename files in Windows 10 is just as fast as renaming a single file, with just a few extra clicks.
Batch Rename Multiple Files With PowerShell
If you prefer using a command line tool to rename all your files, PowerShell is an excellent tool. Using the last example, you can use PowerShell to rename all the files so that the first word of the file name is “Our” instead of “My”.
Batch Rename Multiple Files With Command Prompt
You can also rename multiple files using the command prompt and the ? (question mark) wildcard. Then press Enter.
Dir: Sends all files in the folder to the rename-item commandrename-item: A PowerShell command to rename files$_.name: Symbolizes each of the file being replaced-replace: Tells PowerShell that the action to take on each file is to replace the name"My",“Our”: The first word in quotes is the word in each title to replace, and the second word is what you want to replace it with
The Dir command in PowerShell has a lot of functionality. Whether you choose to batch rename files in Windows 10 using File Explorer, PowerShell, or Command Prompt really depends on the original file names and how you want to rename them. Then press Enter.
