Before you launch

What actually happens when you sign in

No install, no browser extension, no software on your computer. Signing in is a standard Google OAuth screen — here's exactly what it looks like and what it asks for, before you click anything.

On the homepage, click “Launch the app”

You're sent to accounts.google.com — check the address bar, it's Google's own domain, not ours. We never see or handle your Google password at any point.

Drive File Renamer homepage with the Launch the app button highlighted under the headline

Pick your Google account

If you're signed into more than one Google account in this browser, Google asks you to choose which one to continue with. With only one account signed in, Google skips this screen entirely and moves straight to the next step.

A Google permission popup opens — click into it

Google Apps Script shows a short prompt naming this app and asking you to consider whether you trust it, with a Cancel and a Review permissions button. Click “Review permissions” to see exactly what's being requested before agreeing to anything.

Google confirms which account you're signing in with

A short screen shows the account you picked and tells you Google will share your email address with Drive File Renamer — that's the only account info this app ever receives.

Google sign-in confirmation screen for Drive File Renamer showing the email address it will access

Review the permission screen

Google shows exactly one line: “See, edit, create, and delete only the specific Google Drive files you use with this app.” That's the entire request — nothing about Gmail, Photos, Calendar, or the rest of your Drive. A second, unrelated line covers connecting to Stripe for billing on paid plans.

Google permission screen listing the exact Drive File Renamer scopes: Drive files you use with this app, and the external billing service

Click Allow

You land back in the app, already signed in, ready to open the file picker and start building a rename pattern.

This app is verified by Google

Drive File Renamer has completed Google's full OAuth verification review — the permission screen you see is the standard, verified sign-in flow, with no "unverified app" warning to click through. Google independently reviewed exactly what this app requests access to before approving it.

How to double-check it's really this app: the sign-in screen is served from accounts.google.com, the permission text matches the one line quoted in step 5 above word-for-word, and the developer contact listed on that screen is [email protected]. If any of those don't match, stop and don't continue.

Why the permission is safe to grant

The drive.file scope is per-file, granted only for files you select through Google's own picker — the same dialog Gmail and Docs use.
It is technically incapable of listing, reading, or touching anything you didn't pick. Broader access simply isn't part of what was requested.
You can revoke access at any time from myaccount.google.com/permissions — it stops working immediately, and nothing about your files changes when you do.

Full detail on what's collected and why is in the privacy policy. Questions before signing in? [email protected].

Ready when you are

Launch the app