How to remove a string from file names with a batch file
Published by Scott Kingery on
This example code will remove a string called "mysting" from all the files in C:\Users\thisuser\Downloads
@echo off SetLocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION set codepath=%~dp0 cd "%codepath%" ::Set the folder that you want to loop through set foldertocheck=C:\Users\thisuser\Downloads ::Set the string you want ot remove from the file names set stringtoremove=mystring FOR %%G IN ("%foldertocheck%\*.*") DO ( set filename="%%~nG%%~xG" set filename=!filename:%stringtoremove%=! REM Rename only if there is a difference between new filename and old filename in %%G IF NOT !filename! == "%%~nG%%~xG" ren "%%~G" !filename! )