How to remove prefixes of multiple files at once EASILY in Windows?

The video illustrates how to rename or remove prefixes or suffixes of multiple files at once using Windows Powershell.
Code used: get-childitem *.png | foreach { rename-item $_ $_.Name.Replace("Flag_of_", "") }

[@773group]

I love how you started the video, Because I struggles for 3 hours before I fond your video! Thank you for the help !!!!!!!

[@squiggles3966]

Thank you VERY much, just a tip for other users, if you need to rename files that ARENT .png, for example i was doing .mp3 replace that in the code " get-childitem *[INSERT FILE TYPE HERE] | foreach { rename-item $_ $_.Name.Replace("Flag_of_", "") }"

[@Lloyx.]

Thanks!

[@gabrieldelatortilla1]

what if its a folder

[@ChrisJohnson-pc3pd]

the post i was looking for. well done.

[@jedison2441]

This is always great information, your two hours save me a lot of time.
🙏Thankyou

[@klmoravec]

THANK YOU madam! 🙏Crystal clear video and straight to the point.

[@32aque]

This was big help. Thank you!

[@akshayjamadar4913]

i tried to use this code but got an error when i searched , it was because of special characters like "[ ]" can you please help

[@koalabear6576]

Very useful powershell command ! Thanks !

[@sudhanshusharma5742]

It was very helpful Thank you !😊

[@rafaelainediy3767]

thank you!! This was really helpful!!

[@chaitraligandhi1688]

Thank you very much. This was very helpful.

[@szkokee]

Very useful, thank you!

[@PrimeCode7]

Thank you very much I also struggled 1 hr for this very helpful
Just a correction after selecting file and pressing shift you have to press right click not left.
Thanks 😊

[@TKRPMUSIC]

You’re awesome 🎉 thank you so much!

[@ognjenjokic2104]

Thank you very much!

[@Leequidude]

Thank you!

[@TKUltra971]

Thank you very much! You are the best, god bless.

[@lucasgaitan_]

Thank you! Greats fom Brasil!

[@aimmewati8852]

Thanks , Its Working

[@Cvekabird]

thanks so much

[@alexfonseca5076]

Life saver.

[@makeyourmusichappen]

THANK YOU

[@noelsucgang]

Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge.

[@mipe7755]

Thanks!

[@TheFaseehun]

Thank you.

[@KaptanSinghkp]

itss work thanks

[@bigben20]

thank you

[@prathammishrah]

didn't work for my mp3s. i'd recommend pinning the comment down there that gives the info for it. good video tho, thanks.

[@okidk-vl4xq]

thanks

[@monotoshnaskar5368]

thanks a lot....... aabhi chutki bajate hi all done :)

[@priyanshitripathi1845]

What if the prefix are different for all but no. Of letters is same

[@c.r2135]

god bless u

[@Q8husky]

Thank you very much for this explanation. I have searched a lot for this method, and today you explain the topic simply and in one minute. This thing really deserves praise and thanks, but I have an important question!!
How can I change the names of files from the outside and not their content from the inside??
Example
I have pictures of my travels and file titles
12-3-2020 - Japan
3-5-2016 - Thailand
How can I delete the history so that I want the file to be only in the name of Japan and Thailand without the year?

[@truerequiem]

What if they are numbers though and the files all have a different number?

[@arthur_n]

Thank you very much, this is very helpful!
Would you be able to share the code for renaming multiple folder?
And is there a way to also change the file names of files that are inside subfolders?

[@thescalehub]

The code is in the description. Code used: get-childitem *.png | foreach { rename-item $_ $_.Name.Replace("Flag_of_", "") }
I have never tried renaming files inside subfolders.

[@gabrieldelatortilla1]

up

[@gabrieldelatortilla1]

​@@thescalehub well that wasnt helpful

[@Vurt72]

it kind of works, but it inserts a space which makes it completely unusable for me.

[@mapex311]

thanks! absolutely ridic msoft does not have a native find and replace feature in win explorer.

[@Naffez]

Working on windows 11?

[@shortsworld4626]

How to delete from index x to y in pdf

[@gabrieldelatortilla1]

what if its a folder???? 😭😭😭😭

[@jaiminwinter3958]

how about .mkv files or it has [ ] in the word that u will remove?

[@zainabriaz628]

Have never tried it with .mkv files, tbh

[@itsphaniekyoto]

so sad thou, same problem

[@user-fv1om3qz3w]

after get-children *

[@GhazaleGha]

did not work for me

[@Goefrei0516]

Didn't seem to do anything on mine, the command runs but doesn't rename shit

[@uthayakumar5782]

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[@lopserdff]

i just want to remove the numbers on my files

[@RaNa-ft7uf]

Not working

[@YogeshKumar-wp9zp]

For music files?..

[@zainabriaz628]

Never tried it with music files

[@user-fv1om3qz3w]

after get-children * .mp3

[@farhantanveer5733]

Please provide the full command

[@zainabriaz628]

It's also in the description of the video: get-childitem *.png | foreach { rename-item $_ $_.Name.Replace("Flag_of_", "") }

[@abdulsalam-ch2us]

HELLO MAAM IT IS SHOWING ERROR

[@thescalehub]

What are you trying to remove?

[@LegacyLegends-yt]

didnt work

[@thescalehub]

Which part didn't work?

[@Amanjojo-yo]

B r i t i s h L i t e r a t u r e P y q s a n a l y s i s my file names are like this how to fix it

[@buster5661]

it doesnt work for me. I am trying to replace the prefix for files with [AVI]
rename-item : Cannot rename because item at 'F:\Videos\xyz-1080p\Output\[AWI]
xyz - S02E17 [1080p] [Multi-Audio] [06130AE3].mkv' does not exist.
At line:1 char:33
+ ... childitem *.mkv | foreach { rename-item $_ $_.Name.Replace("[", "") }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Rename-Item], PSInvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RenameItemCommand

[@sakori12]

same

[@buster5661]

@@sakori12 I got it to work, it requires you to put quotations "file" on each file. But whenever i did this, sometimes i got weird symbols. try it and maybe it will work for you