Your Android device may contain hundreds or maybe thousands of photos. With ample storage offered nowadays, why wouldn’t there be? Plus with excellent multiple cameras being offered, you cannot live without taking selfies or capturing memorable moments.
Apart from ample storage and excellent cameras, Android devices are known to save photos and images by different titles, which are not usually to our liking. Therefore, if you wish to rename Android phone photos, give this article a read.
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Rename Photos in the Phone
Renaming Android photos is pretty simple. Visit the photo gallery and select the image you wish to rename. Tap the image for a few seconds and Click on the Menu option located at the bottom. From there click Rename and a new window will pop-up asking you to insert a new name.
Once you have provided a new name, click OK. Furthermore, if you have multiple photos, you will have to rename them manually.
Rename in Google Photos
Google Photos happens to be an excellent tool for backing up, storing and sharing your photos. However, then again it is designed to save images by different titles. If you wish to rename your Google Photos, follow the steps below.
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- Open the image you wish to rename in Google Photos.
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- Tap the three-dot menu on the left.
- Select Save to device.
Once the image has downloaded, long press the image but do not open it. Then, tap the three-dot menu and choose Rename. Now, reupload the image to Google Photos. Make sure that you delete the original image located in Google Photos to avoid duplication.
Rename Android Photos using Easy File Renamer
Easy File Renamer is a great tool to rename Android Photos. There are several ways to do it.
You can first upload the photos from your Android device to the PC or first rename the files located on your PC and upload them to your Android device. However, you will need to make sure that your Android device does not end up with multiple duplicate files.
If you intend to upload Android photos on your PC make sure that you create a separate folder to manage them. Otherwise, they can easily get scattered.
Easy File Renamer’s user-friendly interface allows you to rename your photos in a matter of seconds. It can rename your MP3 files for you as well.
Furthermore, Easy File Renamer allows you to upload files only or all files from a folder. Since you have stored your Android Photos in a seperate folder, select All files from a folder and then select the folder which contains your Android Photos and click OK.
In a matter of a few seconds, Easy File Renamer will upload all your Android Files including photos. You can manually select the photos you wish to rename by checking the boxes right next to the files.
Now move on to the next step, i.e., renaming photos. Tap the Select Rule bar and Select New Name.
Provide a new name for the photos in the Name section and click Add Rule.
Upon clicking Add Rule, Easy File Renamer will provide a preview of the renamed photos. Then navigate to the bottom and click Rename to rename the photos.
Once the files have been renamed, you can now upload them to your Android device.