KRename
Software
title: "KRename" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["free-file-managers", "kde-software", "software-using-the-gnu-general-public-license"] description: "Software" topic_path: "general/free-file-managers" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRename" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Software ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | KRename |
| title | KRename |
| logo | Breezeicons-apps-48-krename.svg |
| logo size | 48px |
| screenshot | [[File:KRename 5.0.1 screenshot.png |
| author | Dominik Seichter |
| released | |
| latest release version | 5.0.1 |
| latest release date | |
| latest preview date | |
| programming language | C++ |
| operating system | Linux |
| language | Multilingual |
| genre | Batch renaming utility |
| license | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| website | https://userbase.kde.org/KRename |
| :: |
| name = KRename | title = KRename | logo = Breezeicons-apps-48-krename.svg | logo size = 48px | screenshot = [[File:KRename 5.0.1 screenshot.png|204px|Screenshot]] | caption = | collapsible = | author = Dominik Seichter | developer = | released = | discontinued = | latest release version = 5.0.1 | latest release date = | latest preview version = | latest preview date = | programming language = C++ | operating system = Linux | platform = | size = | language = Multilingual | genre = Batch renaming utility | license = GPL-2.0-or-later | website = https://userbase.kde.org/KRename
KRename is a KDE software that can be used for renaming multiple files and directories at one time. Many Linux distributions that use Plasma as the default desktop environment include the KRename software.
Features
- Rename both files and directories
- Rename all files in a directory recursively
- Ignore hidden files when renaming
- Case change: to UPPERCASE, to lowercase or to Only The First Letter
- Add prefix or postfix to filenames
- Search and replace parts of filenames (regular expressions are supported)
- Add ordered numbers to filenames (start, steps, skips definable)
- Change owner and permission of files
- Change access and modification date & time of files
- Deliver the renamed files to newly created directories (files per directory, numbering format of directories definable)
- Extract ID3 info from MP3/ogg files
- Extract Exif info from image files
- Add the current date and time to a filename
- Change file extensions
- Undo renaming
- Manual renaming of desired files
- Konqueror, Krusader, Dolphin integration
- Use JavaScript scripting
- Transliterate
References
References
- (5 October 2020). "Version 5.0.1".
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