{"id":463,"date":"2019-04-17T14:41:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T14:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/?p=463"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:42:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:42:44","slug":"the-cloud-file-renamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/the-cloud-file-renamer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cloud File Renamer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This mode renames files in your <\/span><b>Google Drive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the cloud. No need to wait for all the data to be synced to your computer. Just sign in to your <\/span><b>Google<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> account, authorize <\/span><b>Easy File Renamer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to access your data\u2019s hash and the rest is pretty straightforward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b><i>NOTE:<\/i><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Easy File Renamer will only access your data by using the official <\/span><b>API<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provided by Google for developers. This is a totally risk-free mode and ensures data safety and security at every step.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select the <\/span><b>Cloud Renamer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tab to be able to launch the process for renaming your Google Drive files.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-464\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image1-300x53.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image1-300x53.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image1-768x135.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image1-1024x180.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image1-80x14.jpg 80w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image1.jpg 1277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the <\/span><b>Add Files<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button and then enter your login credentials in the 2 prompts that will follow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><b>Allow<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the official <\/span><b>Google API<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> window to allow your data to be accessed by Easy File Renamer.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_465\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 278px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-465\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image3-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image3-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image3-80x90.jpg 80w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image3.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Giving your consent to EFR<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next window will show up the file hierarchy of your Google Drive folders. Select the folder(s) which contain files you want to rename and click the <\/span><b>Add Folder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button to load the data in Easy File Renamer user interface.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_466\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-466\" src=\"http:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image2-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image2-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image2-80x51.jpg 80w, https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image2.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><strong>Loading your Google Drive data<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the data has been loaded, you can happily select a renaming rule of your choice from the <\/span><b>Select Rule<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> dropdown menu on the left. There a total of 10 rules available, some of the more favorite ones being <\/span><b>New Name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Remove Text<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Replace Text<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Trim Text<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and so on. Select all the relevant options such as entering the text and you might be required to select a radio box in some cases as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, click <\/span><b>Add Rule<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to give your confirmation of the rule(s) being applied with the current customization. The <\/span><b>Item New Name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tab in the interface will give you a sneak peek into how the files will look after being renamed. When you\u2019re confident of all the settings being absolutely fine, click the <\/span><b>Rename<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> button in the lower-right corner of the screen and select <\/span><b>Yes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the confirmation prompt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s it! Renaming files in Google Drive is absolutely safe and secure with Easy File Renamer. The whole process is performed in a speedy manner, and the results speak for themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This mode renames files in your Google Drive on the cloud. No need to wait for all the data to be synced to your computer. Just sign in to your Google account, authorize Easy File Renamer to access your data\u2019s hash and the rest is pretty straightforward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[300,301,298,299,297],"class_list":["post-463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solutions","tag-a-software-to-rename-google-drive-files","tag-guide-on-renaming-google-drive-files-easily","tag-how-to-rename-google-drive-data-easily","tag-how-to-rename-google-drive-files-with-ease","tag-renaming-google-drive-files"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":467,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions\/467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pictureecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}