If you’re dealing with loads of data everyday, your computer is probably a mess. When you want to search for a specific file urgently, it becomes an almost impossible task. Not only can it be frustrating, it’ll affect your productivity. If you’re a business organization, it can hamper your relations with customers, suppliers, partners, among others.
Want to rename files in bulk? Want to move digits from the front to the end of filenames? Want to do this without hassle? Easy File Renamer is the answer. Download it here!
One of the less talked about ways of smartly organizing files is to name them correctly. We often download files from the Internet, which are often named incorrectly or contain random numbers that do not make the file name logical. Naming your downloaded files, photos collection and documents in an orderly manner will help you quickly find things with less effort.
Luckily, there are solutions available today which not only organize your data effectively, but also get you into the habit of keeping your files in an orderly manner. With Easy File Renamer, you can select a renaming rule from 12 renaming rules available- new name, insert text, replace text, trim text, add prefix, add suffix, add numbering, swap characters, change case.
When you add a new rule, Easy File Renamer automatically displays a preview of the new names on the right-hand side panel of your screen. Your files will not be renamed straightaway without your confirmation. With EFR, there is no need to manually rename each and every file.
Rules Explained
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- New Name: Select the New Name option to give an entirely new name to your files. Type a new name for your files and then click on the Add Rule button. For example: replace “lily flower” with “flower”.
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- Remove Text: Use this option to remove specific characters in your file names. You can either remove all instances of that character, or only specific instances (such as first or last instance). You can remove any character such as letter, number or symbol. For example: Remove the character _ (underscore) from file names.
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- Replace Text: Use this option to replace characters in your filenames. For example: Replace “NewYork” with “NY”.
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- Trim Text: Use this option to strip out all characters text from the beginning or end of the file name. You will also need to specify the character length. For example: Trim 2 characters from the start of the file name.
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- Prefix: Prefix is the text added at the beginning of the file names. You can add new text at the beginning of your file names using this rule. For example: Add “album” at the beginning of filenames.
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- Suffix: Suffix is the text added at the end of the file names, before the extension. For example, add the text “free” at the end of the file name.
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- Add Numbering: When you have too many files with unique text, you may want to add incremental numbers at the end of each file name. Use the numbering rule to add numbers to your file names.
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- Insert At: Use this renaming rule to insert text at a specific position. For example: Insert the word ‘album’ at the 4th character.
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- Uppercase: Use this renaming rule to convert all filenames to uppercase.
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- Lowercase: Use this rule to convert all filenames to lowercase.
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- Title Case: Use this option to apply title case to your files. Title case capitalizes the first letter of each word, which is especially used on headings.
- Swap Case: Use this rule to swap words into file names. If your filename is named, e.g. “nature_wallpaper.jpg”, the swap case will turn it into “wallpaper_nature.jpg”. You will have to specify the separating character (underscore in this case).
Steps:
- Download Easy File Renamer.
- Click on the Files tab and then select Add Files.
- Select the files you want to rename. You can add more files by repeating the same procedure over again.
- In the Rules drop-down box, select the Swap Case rule.
- Enter the separator character such as _ (underscore).
- Click on Add Rule.
- The Swap rule will be added under the Applied Rule section.
- A preview of the new rule will appear in the list box on the right.
- You can add more rules, if required.
- Finally, click on Rename to start renaming.