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<title>Rename a file or folder</title>
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<p>As with other file managers, you can use the GNOME file manager to change
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<p>As with other file managers, you can use the GNOME file manager to change
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the name of a file or folder.</p>
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<title>To rename a file or folder:</title>
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<item><p>Right-click on the item and select <gui>Rename</gui>, or select
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<item><p>Right-click on the item and select <gui>Rename</gui>, or select
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the file and press <key>F2</key>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Type the new name and press <key>Enter</key>.</p></item>
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<p>You can also rename a file from the
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<link xref="nautilus-file-properties-basic">properties</link> window.</p>
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<p>When you rename a file, only the first part of the name of the file is
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selected, not the file extension (the part after the "."). The extension
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normally denotes what type of file it is (e.g. <file>file.pdf</file> is a PDF
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document), and you usually do not want to change that. If you need to change
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<p>When you rename a file, only the first part of the name of the file is
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selected, not the file extension (the part after the "."). The extension
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normally denotes what type of file it is (e.g. <file>file.pdf</file> is a PDF
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document), and you usually do not want to change that. If you need to change
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the extension as well, select the entire file name and change it.</p>
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<p>If you renamed the wrong file, or named your file improperly, you can
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<p>If you renamed the wrong file, or named your file improperly, you can
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undo the rename. To revert the action, immediately click <guiseq><gui>Edit
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</gui><gui> Undo</gui> </guiseq> to restore the former name.</p>
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<section id="valid-chars">
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<title>Valid characters for file names</title>
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<p>You can use any character except the <key>/</key> (slash) character in
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file names. Some devices, however, use a <em>file system</em> that has more
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restrictions on file names. Therefore, it is a best practice to avoid the
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following characters in your file names: <key>|</key>, <key>\</key>,
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<key>?</key>, <key>*</key>, <key><</key>, <key>"</key>, <key>:</key>,
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<p>You can use any character except the <key>/</key> (slash) character in
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file names. Some devices, however, use a <em>file system</em> that has more
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restrictions on file names. Therefore, it is a best practice to avoid the
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following characters in your file names: <key>|</key>, <key>\</key>,
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<key>?</key>, <key>*</key>, <key><</key>, <key>"</key>, <key>:</key>,
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<key>></key>, <key>/</key>.</p>
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<note style="warning">
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<p> If you name a file with a <key>.</key> as the first character, the file
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will be <link xref="files-hidden">hidden</link> when you attempt to view
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<p> If you name a file with a <key>.</key> as the first character, the file
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will be <link xref="files-hidden">hidden</link> when you attempt to view
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it in the file manager.</p>
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<title>The file name is already in use</title>
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<p>You can't have two files or folders with the same name in the same
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folder. If you try to rename a file to a name that already exists in
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the folder you are working in, the file manager will not allow it.</p>
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<p>File and folder names are case sensitive, so the file name
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<file>File.txt</file> is not the same as <file>FILE.txt</file>.
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Using different file names like this is allowed, though it is not
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<p>You can't have two files or folders with the same name in the same
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folder. If you try to rename a file to a name that already exists in
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the folder you are working in, the file manager will not allow it.</p>
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<p>File and folder names are case sensitive, so the file name
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<file>File.txt</file> is not the same as <file>FILE.txt</file>.
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<title>The file name is too long</title>
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<p>On some file systems, file names can have no more than 255
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<p>On some file systems, file names can have no more than 255
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characters in their names. This 255 character limit includes both the
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file name and the path to the file (e.g., <file>/home/wanda/Documents/work/business-proposals/...
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</file>), so you should avoid long file and folder names where
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</file>), so you should avoid long file and folder names where
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<title>The option to rename is grayed out</title>
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<p>If <gui>Rename</gui> is grayed out, you do not have permission to
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rename the file. You should use caution with renaming such files, as
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renaming some protected files may cause your system to become unstable.
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See <link xref="nautilus-file-properties-permissions"/> for more
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<p>If <gui>Rename</gui> is grayed out, you do not have permission to
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rename the file. You should use caution with renaming such files, as
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renaming some protected files may cause your system to become unstable.
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