Find & Replace

The Find & Replace task searches for a text string in each filename and replaces every occurrence with a new string.

Controls

Behavior

• The search is case-sensitive: searching for Photo does not match photo
• All occurrences in a filename are replaced, not just the first
• If the Find field is empty, no replacements are made
• If the Replace field is empty, matched text is deleted (effectively a "delete" operation)
• The . file extension is included in the search scope, so you can also find and replace within extensions

Examples

Tips

• Use this task to remove unwanted prefixes, suffixes, or repeated characters
• Stack multiple Find & Replace tasks to handle several substitutions in one pass
• Leave Replace empty to delete a pattern from all filenames