Folders – Renaming Existing Folders – PC

Advantages of knowing this:

You might want to change the name of the folder to something more descriptive than the generic files you placed there when you created it. This will make it easier to find when you want to locate and share it in the future.

How do you rename an existing folder?

1  Select the folder you want to rename.

2  Right-click to display the menu shown in the following image.

3  Select Rename and the folder’s text field becomes available for editing.

4  Type the new name into the text field, then click anywhere on the desktop (if you are renaming folders there) to enter it.

Note: Alternatively, you can click the text field to make it available for editing.