{"id":3252,"date":"2014-05-22T17:21:48","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T17:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2014\/05\/22\/renaming-files-folders\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T01:48:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T06:48:26","slug":"renaming-files-folders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/renaming-files-folders\/","title":{"rendered":"Renaming files and folders in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bxnEdrtwq_Q\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/product-guides\/softaculous\/list-programs-softaculous\/\">many programs to install on your hosting account<\/a> to help create or add to your website. These programs have many files and folders that are added to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/where-to-upload-files\/\">your file structure<\/a>. Sometimes, you may want to rename files or folders. This may be for <a href=\"\/support\/website\/security%20\">security<\/a> reasons, such as renaming an administrative folder. They can also be used for debugging, by renaming folders or files to remove them from the program temporarily.<\/p>\n<p>In this cPanel tutorial, we will demonstrate how to rename files and folders from within the File Manager tool.<\/p>\n<h2>How to rename a file or folder within cPanel\u2019s File Manager<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>First, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-log-into-cpanel\/\">log into your cPanel dashboard<\/a>.\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/cpanel_file-manager-paper-lantern.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/cpanel_file-manager-paper-lantern.png\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a>Next, look for the <em>Files<\/em> category and click on the <strong>File Manager<\/strong> tool icon.\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/filemgr_rename-file.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-13543\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/filemgr_rename-file.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/filemgr_rename-file.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/filemgr_rename-file-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/filemgr_rename-file-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/filemgr_rename-file-1024x533.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>Once inside the file manager, locate the file or folder you want to rename. If you are renaming a folder, be sure you have not entered that folder. <strong>Right-click<\/strong> on the item you want to rename and select the <strong>Rename<\/strong> option.\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/filemgr_new-file-name.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-13544\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 15px 15px 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/filemgr_new-file-name.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/filemgr_new-file-name.png 549w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/filemgr_new-file-name-300x117.png 300w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>Enter the file or folder\u2019s new name.\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Once you are satisfied with the new name, click on the <strong>Rename File<\/strong> button.You will see the newly renamed file or folder within your cPanel file structure view.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Congratulations, now you know how to rename a file in cPanel using the File Manager.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many programs to install on your hosting account to help create or add to your website. These programs have many files and folders that are added to your file structure. Sometimes, you may want to rename files or folders. This may be for security reasons, such as renaming an administrative folder. They can<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/renaming-files-folders\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cpanel"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Renaming files and folders in cPanel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn to rename your files and folders within your cPanel File Manager.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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