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Advanced Renamer

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Batch rename files and folders in a snap. Perfect for any kind of file renaming including music and photo files. Preview your files before renaming and undo erroneous renaming jobs.

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License model

  • Free PersonalProprietary

Application types

Platforms

  • Windows  Supports all Windows versions from Windows XP to Windows 11
  • Mac  Works with both Apple M chips and Intel Processors, in Beta Testing
4.5 / 5 Avg rating (14)
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Batch Rename Files
  2.  Support for regular expressions
  3.  File Renaming
  4.  Tag based
  5.  Change File Dates
  6.  Timestamps
  7.  Portable
  8.  Dark Mode
  9.  Works Offline
  10.  File Tagging
  11.  Command line interface
  12.  Built-in viewer
  13.  Ad-free
  14.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
  15.  No registration required
  16.  Batch Editing
  17.  Support for scripting
  18. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
  19.  Mp3 Tag Editor
  20.  Command Line Options
  21.  Multiple languages

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Advanced Renamer information

  • Developed by

    Hulubulu Software (Kim Jensen)
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free Personal product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $0.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.5 (14 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    76 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 12 comments and reviews about Advanced Renamer, and it has gotten 92 likes

Advanced Renamer was added to AlternativeTo by nimda on Oct 25, 2010 and this page was last updated Apr 2, 2024.

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Zogbob
  
Top positive commentSep 19, 2018

Advertised as free - but it shows "NOT REGISTERED" in it's window top bar. Also, after using it some time, maybe after 10 launches, it showed a popup "consider donating". So Advanced Renamer is free, but has nagware features.

UI is a bit cluttered, and it's also slower than for example, Bulk Rename Utility. Dragging 100+ video files makes it show "analyzing" for some seconds, where as BRU this is instant.

Also, UX might be better. Renaming takes several clicks, first you have to click "Start Batch" button in the upper right corner, then a popup appears in the middle of window, and then you'll have to click Start, which also has a Cancel button on it's right side... not a nice pattern, if you repeat this many times often. I didn't find an option to disable the popup - although I didn't search too much either.

Version: 3.83

Plusses:

  • Free
  • Can rename both files and folders
  • Can create custom tasks that can be saved for later use (add prefix, change case etc)

Minuses:

  • Nagware features
  • Slightly messy UI, UX could be way better with small layout tweaks

Definitely not a bad piece of software.

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webhunted
  
Positive commentApr 2, 2024

Free and very advanced!

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Paulo Castro Oliveira
  
Positive commentAug 9, 2022

With this app, you can perform virtually all types of file renaming, with filter functions when loading and post-loading files to be renamed. It also presents, in real time, and before the renaming, the modifications to the files and, even if they are later renamed, there is an "undo" function to reverse the action.

NB: To get the most out of this app, you should learn to use the capabilities of using "regular expressions" (RegEx) (there's a little syntax help built into the app itself!).

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danteg
  
Positive commentJun 14, 2021

Its very easy and at the same time complete

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zaxx
  
Positive commentApr 25, 2021

Free, Portable, Easy to use, Great interface, Quite advanced with scripting support, Best renamer utility in my opinion

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Onurtag
  
Positive commentFeb 3, 2018

Best renaming software available. Completely free.

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2o
  
Positive commentJan 9, 2018

Thank you Kim Jensen for the best free renaming app ever!

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What is Advanced Renamer?

Batch rename files and folders in a snap. Perfect for any kind of file renaming including music and photo files. Preview your files before renaming and undo erroneous renaming jobs.

Selected features :

Preview new names in real time Tag based renaming Rename with MP3/ID3 information Use Regular expressions and Wildcards Image renaming with EXIF support Display thumbnails of images Supports for both files and folders Undo previous batch Several renaming methods Use multiple methods at once Batch modes: Rename, copy, move Set file timestamps and file attributes

Renaming methods :

New name with Tags Change case of filename Remove / Delete part of filename Remove pattern from filename Replace part of filename Add / Insert text into filename Move part of filename New names based on a list of names Change file attributes Change file timestamp

More examples of use :

Change the case of a filename to uppercase or lowercase, or change the case of the first letter in every word. Replace a part of a filename based on a search pattern. Change readonly attribute of files. Add incrementing numbers with leading zeros to filenames. Change file extensions. Cleanup file names and remove spaces and underscores. Add a prefix or surfix to filenames. Copy or move files to other folders. New folder names can be constructed from file tags and patterns. Revert names to original names if renaming batch goes wrong. Organize music files based on ID3 tags. Use EXIF information to sort image files and organize them in folders. Save batch presets for later use or them with friends and colleagues. Use Perl Regular Expressions and wildcards to replace parts of file and folder names. Add date taken to the file name of jpg/jpeg files taken with digital cameras.

Languages :

English, Danish, Chinese (Simplified), German, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Swedish, Spanish, Turkish

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