Enter a new name for your drive and press Enter to apply changes.Īlternatively, right-click a drive and select Properties.

As an option, you can select a volume and press F2.

Right-click the drive you want to rename and press Rename.

Open File Explorer, then click This PCin the navigation panel. Tip: You can set Windows 11 to always open File Explorer on This PC.

Rename a drive in Windows 11 using File Explorer That is where you put a new name for your volume or partition.

On the General tab, click the text input field at the top of the window.

In a new window, find the volume you want to rename and right-click it select Properties.

You can also press the Win + R buttons and enter the diskmgmt.msc command.

Press Win + X or right-click the Start menu button.

Change a volume label in Windows 11 using Disk Management While the first part of our article applies to Windows 11 only, the below methods also work in Windows 10. That is how to change the drive name in Windows 11 using the Settings app.

Enter a new name, then click Apply to save changes.

Click the arrow-down button next to the drive, which contains the partition you want to rename in Windows 11.

Open Windows Settings using the Win + I keyboard shortcut.You can also use spaces, dashes, underscores, and other symbols.

Change drive name using PowerShell Rename a Drive in Windows 11īefore you proceed with renaming drives in Windows 11, note that you can use up to 32 alphanumerical characters for NTFS drives and up to 11 alphanumerical characters for FAT drives.

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