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How to rename more than one file at once

November 4, 2008 by Ivan  
Filed under Windows Tips

If you have a folder filled with lots of pictures that aren’t titled properly or some other type of file, it would be a waste of time to rename them one by one. You can easily rename them all at once. This is how:

1.Select the files you want to rename

2.If the files you want to select are not by each other(adjacent) then hold CTRL and select those you want to rename

3. Right click on one of the files

4.Click rename

5.Type in the desired name

Now all the files you chose are now called the same but make a sequence. The file you right-clicked is the first in the sequence and the next one in line is the second one. Every one of them gets numbered. So from this ->

…we get this… ->



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One Comment on "How to rename more than one file at once"

  1. Daniel on Mon, 17th May 2010 10:13 am 

    I’ve known about this trick for awhile but it never fails that I forget to do it and spend a lot of time renaming files one at a time. Easy and to the point. Good job!

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