Renamer.ai Guides
Welcome to the Renamer.ai guides. Renamer.ai reads the actual contents of your files - PDFs, images, documents - and gives them meaningful names using templates you control. These guides take you from your very first rename to a fully automated, self-organizing filing system. Each one is a focused walkthrough of a real flow in the app, with every button and setting explained.
Start here
New to Renamer.ai? These reads cover everything you need on day one:
- Installing Renamer.ai - download, install and open the app on Mac or Windows the first time.
- Welcome to Renamer.ai - what the app does, logging in, and a guided tour of every screen.
- Your first rename with Quick Rename - the home screen piece by piece: drop files, follow the batch, revert anything you don't like.
- Working with batches - how drops become batches, what each batch remembers, and how to pause, resume and revert.
- Understanding credits and plans - how your monthly renames work, and what to do when they run out.
Master the templates
Templates decide what your file names look like - they're where a few minutes of setup pays off on every file afterwards:
- Choosing a template - the Auto template, the Gallery and My collection, and how to pick for any situation.
- Building your own naming template - the full editor walkthrough: the pattern, creating name parts, inserting them with
@, writing AI context, sample values, formatting settings and testing on a real file. - Editing templates - changing a template safely, cloning, and what deleting does to Magic Folders.
- Organizing files into folders - organization templates level by level, plus destination folders.
Put it on autopilot
Magic Folders watch a folder on your computer and rename every new file automatically - scanner inboxes and download folders love this:
- Setting up your first Magic Folder - the complete creation flow with every option explained.
- Managing Magic Folders - the folder card, settings, skipped files, rerun and relink, and why folders pause themselves.
Stay in control
- Where your files are renamed - cloud, a local AI model on your own computer, or (where available) your own API key.
- Activity history and reverting renames - the complete audit trail, source filters, revert, and CSV export.
- Fine-tuning your file names - language, date format, letter case, separators and connectors: where each setting lives and how it shapes every name.
Use the sidebar to browse all guides by topic - and inside each guide, the table of contents on the right jumps straight to any section.