Rename from explorer Alternatives

Apps similar to Rename from explorer include Bulk Rename Utility, which is free for personal use. Other options are Ant Renamer, ReNamer, Advanced Renamer and Rename Master. There's no shortage of File Renamers like Rename from explorer, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac and Linux.

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  1. Ken Rename icon
     5 likes

    Ken Rename is a multi-file rename utility.

    Features:

    • Filter files with wildcard
    • Use multi-actions to rename and can change order
    • Create a numbered file list
    • Convert to upper or lowercase
    • Replace a string with a different string
    • Use regular expression with Replace
    • K.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. ExifRenamer icon
     7 likes

    The program allows to rename photos by their embedded date+time information in a much more usable way. Most downloaded pictures are named like "pic0001.jpg" or other cryptic names.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Good alternative?
     
  3. Fast File Renamer is a freeware program that can help you with the tedious task of renaming large numbers of files. The program can be used by anyone who needs to keep large collections of files organized (such as mp3 files, image and graphics files, web-site-related files...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
  4. RegexRenamer icon
     6 likes

    RegexRenamer is a powerful but simple user-friendly graphical tool used to batch rename files using regular expressions. A regular expression (or regex) is simply text that contains special characters that together defines a pattern that can be used to match text, in this case...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
  5. A File Renamer App featuring a difference display before and after the change for Windows, available on Microsoft Store.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. File Renamer - Rename Files. Free utility to rename files easily. Now includes Thumbnail support. Use this utility to preview your pictures before renaming

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. F2Utility icon
     4 likes

    An easy and effective batch file rename tool. Rename multiple files at once using a wide range of tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
  8. 1-4a Rename icon
     3 likes

    A file renamer which renames many files at once. Has Undo, you can preview changes instantly & use STAR TREK stardate/startime.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
  9. Bright Renamer is an intuitive professional bulk file renaming tool for Mac® users with 12 Renaming Rules, online repositories, realtime preview, hundreds of parameters and support for 157 meta data tags.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. A cross-platform file and folder mass renamer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Good alternative?
     
  11. Batch rename files and folders on Windows, Mac and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Easily rename multiple files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
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