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Bulk rename PDF files in Google Drive

Invoices, statements, contracts, scanned reports — PDFs pile up with inconsistent names fastest of any file type. Drive File Renamer bulk renames PDF files in Google Drive the same way it renames anything else: pick the files, build a pattern, preview, apply. The content of the PDF is never touched, only the name.

Find & replace across a batch of PDFs

Turn a shared "DRAFT" marker into "FINAL" across every selected PDF in one pass, or use regex to match a changing pattern — an invoice number, a version number — instead of one fixed word.

rename — find & replace
invoice_DRAFT.pdfinvoice_FINAL.pdf

Stamp a date onto every PDF

Insert the file's created or modified date, or today's date, at the start or end of the name — useful for contracts, statements, or anything you file by date.

rename — date insert
contract.pdf2026-08-06_contract.pdf

Number a set of PDFs in order

Sequential numbering with leading zeros turns a folder of identically-named PDFs — monthly statements, scanned pages — into an ordered set in one pass.

rename — sequence
statement.pdf001_statement.pdf
statement.pdf002_statement.pdf
statement.pdf003_statement.pdf

What it can't do

Rule-based renaming works on the filename and on file-level metadata (dates, size) — it cannot open a PDF and read text or numbers out of the document itself, so it can't auto-name a scanned invoice by the invoice number printed inside it. For that kind of content-aware rename you'd need a separate OCR step first. Everything that touches the filename or file metadata directly — find/replace, regex, dates, numbering — it handles in one pass, on a whole folder including subfolders. See thefull rule list or the step-by-step guide.

Try it on your own PDF folder

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