File Renaming Tools

Advanced Renamer (formerly ARen) is a batch renaming utility, that makes it easier to rename any number of files or folders. It supports 7 different renaming methods and also supports MP3 tags. You can rename the files with an increasing number, add a prefix and extract information directly from the file attributes or ID3 tag to be included in the new name. Next to standard renaming, change the case, change attributes, replace strings in the file name and more. The program is easy to use and allows you to instantly preview the new file names, before processing your files.

Bulk Rename Utility allows you to easily rename multiple files and directories, based upon flexible criteria. For example, if you have a whole load of files prefixed with "2005", you can quickly rename all these to "2006". Similarly, if you have lots of "html" files then you can quickly rename them all to "htm" or other. In addition, you can also add incrementing numbers to the file name, add a suffix or prefix, change case, replace characters and more.

PFrank (Peter1s Flexible RenAmiNg Kit) is flexible file renaming tool that enables you to rename your files using simple or complex renaming schemes. You can add incrementing number counters, prefixes, postfixes and more. The program supports meta data for audio, image, video, email, office, and markup-language files, and can extract the information to be used in the new file name. The program includes a set of pre-defined renaming commands that can simply be selected from a drop menu, and the results can be previewed before any changes are made to the actual files. Advanced users can build any renaming sequence they like using pre-defined or custom commands in combination with regular expressions. PFrank is very flexible when it comes to custom renaming options, but it also requires some dedicated involvement with the configuration and documentation.

ReNamer is a small, yet very flexible file and folder renamer, that offers all the standard renaming procedures, including prefixes, suffixes, replacements, case changes as well as advanced options and support for Unicode file names. In addition, it can also remove brackets, add number sequences, remove digits or symbols and change file extensions. The program allows you to combine multiple renaming actions as a rule set, applying each action in logical sequence. Renamer supports 60 different meta fields, including EXIF, ID3 and others, that can be used as part of the new file name. Advanced users can use PascalScript to program their own renaming rules.

Flexible Renamer is a powerful file/folder renaming utility,that supports Wildcards and Regular-Expressions. It offers a Window Explorer style interface and a variety of renaming options, including options to remove numbers or strings, replace strings, insert numbers, translate letters and much more. You can also use Flexible Renamer to create empty objects in form of files or folders. It also supports Tag-information such as ID3(MP3), EXIF, IPTC, MS-Office, HTML.

PublicWare File Renamer is a simple file renamer, that allows you to rename a number of files simultaneously. You can combine several rename operations (prefix, postfix, incrementing number etc.) to create the names you want for the files. The program can also remove or replace characters/spaces from existing file names, and change file extensions. File Renamer provides a preview of the changed names as well as an Undo option that allows you to revert the name changes if needed.

Rename Master is a utility for renaming large groups of files with a few clicks. Anyone that has worked with websites, file archives, or collections of music, videos, or pictures has probably spent way too much time renaming hundreds of files. The program provides an easy to use interface that allows you to perform simple and advanced rename operations, very easily. You can even preview the to-be-renamed file names before you finalize it and apply any changes. Advanced renaming features include adding, removing from the original file name, replacing characters (name or extension) and support for several meta variables, that allow you to perform renaming based on the files size, date and several other criteria. Renaming operations can be saved as scripts, so they can easily be reused at a later time. Additional features include optional Explorer integration, uppercase/lowercase conversion, file filters and more. A powerful, yet easy to use renaming utility!

NIYoW (Name It Your Way) is a utility for mass renaming of files and folders. It allows you to perform simple renaming tasks, as well as advanced operations that can combine multiple renaming rules into a single process. The renaming options include prefix/suffix, case changing, incremental numbers, text replacements and much more. All renaming tasks can be previewed before they are applied, and also undone if you made a mistake. The program supports Regular Expressions, and can also generate ID3 tags from MP3 file names, save rule sets, use variables for file name generation (date, size, EXIF etc.) and use them as part of the file names. Additional features include renaming from the Windows Explorer right-click menu and command line support.

MP3 Fox 2008 enables you to correct or change the file names of MP3 and WMA files. The program reads the ID3 tags (v1 and v2) of the songs and adjusts the file name based on the selected renaming scheme. It can also remove track numbers, fix upper/lower case names and remove unnecessary information from the tags. You can process selected files or entire folders and preview the new file names before applying any changes. Other features include tag editing and customizable renaming schemes.

Siren is a tool, that allows you to rename files in (sub)directories based on an expression. It can use any information associated to a file, like the name, extension, dates, times, mp3 tag elements, selection number and others, as well as specified text parameters. Siren is one of the few renamimg tools, that also supports RAW image files, including the Canon CRW and CR2 formats and others. In addition, it offers case modifiers, substring extractions, character deletions and replacements. Not quiet as easy to use as others but very flexible.

PixRenamer is a simple image renaming tool that is designed to rename photos within a folder and give them more meaningful names, instead of the usually numbered file name that is generated by digital cameras. You can replace the old filename with a name of your choice and an optional incrementing number (e.g vacation-001.jpg), preview the new file names and then rename the files with the click of a button.

Irene - Rename Wizard is an easy to use, yet powerful file renaming tool that provides a step-by-step wizard interface to rename multiple files based on user defined rules. You can add a prefix and suffix and include advanced variables like file date, extension name, file size, artist name and other file properties as part of the new file name. In addition, you can change case, add separators, replace keywords, add sequential numbering schemes and more. The renamed file names can be previewed before processing.

MRename offers file renaming from the Windows Explorer right-click menu. You can select one or more files, and then choose from a variety of renaming schemes. The renaming options can be customized to your needs, using Regular Expressions. MRename is designed for advanced users that are comfortable with Regular Expression syntax. It offers more flexibility than most other renaming tools, however it is also far more complicated to use.

Extension Changer is a small and simple program that can change the extension of multiple files in one go. Just drag and drop the file into the form or choose the new right-click option in the Windows Explorer context menu.

MP3 Rename will rename mp3 files according to many rules that you specify. The program can read ID3 v1 and read/write v2 tags and supports a fully configurable name format of ID3 tags. You can preview the results before you finalize the renaming process, which you ll find very handy. In addition, MP3 Rename can unpack .zip, .rar, .ace files using your favorite unpacker, sort files into folders by artist name and more. Files must be added via drag and drop, there is no file browser dialog.

Lupas Rename is a very powerful and well designed software that allows you to perform advanced renaming operations on large numbers of files. It offers so many features, that we cannot even list half of them here, but here are some of the renaming options: Replace the name by Other, Replace a substring by other with Matchcase Optional, Crop n Chars (Left and/or Right), Insert any string before and/or after the Filename, Convert to Upper Case or Lower Case (filename), Convert to Upper only the First Letter Of Any Word (filename) , Convert to Lower oNLY tHE fIRST lLETTER (filename), Replace the extension by any other and many more. Even though it offers a ton of features, the interface is compact and easy to use. Lupas Rename can also create batch files based on your renaming operation, which allows you to automate the task in the future. The program integrates into the Windows shell for easy access from the right click menu.

Batch File Renamer is a simple tool, that allows you to quickly rename all the files in a specified directory. You can remove spaces, replace spaces with underscore, Uppercase/lowercase filename, add a prefix/suffix, remove/replace strings and also catalog files by adding an incremental number to the file name.

PPR (Pennock`s Photo Renamer) is a simple renaming utility that allows you to rename large numbers of image files (or other files) to a uniform name, that consists of a custom prefix and an incremental number. For example your file IMG05242004.jpg could become Vacation_001.jpg and so on. The program only offers this single type of renaming, not nearly as powerful as other free competitors, but it is simple and easy to use, offers a preview of the new name and an Undo option.

1-4a Rename (One for All) is a powerful mass renaming tool, that can modify names and extension for a large number of files at once. It offers various renaming schemes, many of them not often found in other tools, as well as preview of the new file names and complete Undo. The program allows you to convert case, add prefixes, add incremental numbers, remove spaces, replace characters and more. Standalone, no install needed.

Rename4u is a powerful and easy to use program for renaming files. It allows you to rename any number of files, using various methods, including search/replace, renumbering, prefixes/suffixes, permissions, etc. The program also offers a test mode, which allows you to preview most operations before actually renaming the files. The renaming options include adding of incrementing numbers, custom prefixes and much more as well as an option to change file permissions.

EasyRename is a file renaming tool that allows you to rename multiple files quickly and easily. You can change the name and also add an incrementing number. In addition, it offers various renaming operations for the file extensions. You can rename entire directory trees and also simply drag and drop files to be renamed onto the interface.

A.F.5 is a file renaming utility that offers an easy to use interface and several useful functions to rename your files. It offers an instant preview of any changes as well as an Undo feature to reverse the last renaming action. A.F.5 allows you to rename files based on various criteria, including incrementing counters, prefixes, parts of the original name, dates and file size. In addition you can create standard batch files to perform the operation on the selected files, import filenames from a text file and more. A.F.5 is easy to use and provides enough flexibility to perform complex renaming operations. Very detailed documentation included.

Rename it can literally save you hours by allowing you to change multiple files extension in one process. To use it, simply select the folder that contains the files and enter the current extension as well as the new extension. The program will list the number of files to be renamed and process them with the click of a button. Rename It also offers a single file mode, that allows you to select the individual files to be renamed, rather than mass-renaming based on a wildcard extension.