{"id":3290,"date":"2026-09-29T18:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T18:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/?p=3290"},"modified":"2026-09-30T23:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:25:23","slug":"rename-photos-using-date-and-camera-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/rename-photos-using-date-and-camera-data","title":{"rendered":"Rename Photos Using Date and Camera Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A camera file named IMG_4827 does not say when it was taken or which camera took it. You rename photos using date and camera data by reading those details from the file and writing them into the new name. Easy File Renamer does that in Media Renamer: add the folder, check the new names, and then rename the photos.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rename Photos Using Date and Camera Data | Easy File Renamer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Eold5ETuhkU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<aside class=\"pe-cta\"><div class=\"pe-cta__body\"><div class=\"pe-cta__lead\"><div class=\"pe-cta__words\"><p class=\"pe-cta__name\">Easy File Renamer<\/p><p class=\"pe-cta__text\">Batch-rename files on Windows and Mac. Preview the new names before you apply them.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><a class=\"pe-cta__btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyfilerenamer.com\/\">Try Easy File Renamer<\/a><\/aside>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where the date and the camera name come from<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many JPEGs already store a date taken and a camera name. The naming template can insert date taken, camera, camera make, or camera model, and it can add the year, the size, or a sequence. A screenshot or a video often has none of that. If the date taken is missing, the app can use the file\u2019s modified or created time. A camera token stays empty when the file never recorded a camera.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/media-renamer.webp\" alt=\"Easy File Renamer Media Renamer with date, camera, and date-taken tokens, and the Date only preset\" class=\"wp-image-3288\" width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/media-renamer.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/media-renamer-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/media-renamer-1024x575.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/media-renamer-768x431.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Date taken and Camera are blank on these rows, beside the Date only preset.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Set the photo name before you rename<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos, Videos, or both decides what is added from the folder. That list pages through as many as 1,500 files. Click a token into the pattern, or start from Date only when the day is enough. The Date only preset uses {date}. For the date the camera stored, add {date_taken}. The New name column is the check, and Rename writes the names you have already seen.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this capture, Date taken and Camera are still blank, so a pattern that needs them has nothing to put in New name yet. Read those two columns before you run a whole folder.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When two photos fall on the same day<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A date-only name collides as soon as two pictures share that day. The default adds a number, which you can change in Settings, so the second file does not replace the first. Skip File is the other choice, and it leaves that extra file as it was. The finished dialog counts how many names were written, skipped, or failed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/media-rename-completed.webp\" alt=\"Media rename completed dialog after a date-based photo rename\" class=\"wp-image-3289\" width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/media-rename-completed.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/media-rename-completed-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/media-rename-completed-1024x575.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/media-rename-completed-768x431.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The completed names are the date, with a number where that name was already used.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One photo can be renamed by hand after you read its date in File Explorer\u2019s properties, when the photo has one. A camera folder repeats that choice for every file. The preview is what makes the batch safe to apply.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Common questions<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does the trial rename the photos?<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No. The trial can load the folder and show the new names. Renaming is disabled until the copy is registered.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What if a video has no camera data?<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can include videos on the same screen. A missing date taken can fall back to the file time. A camera token is filled only when the file actually contains it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can the rename be undone?<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No. History keeps a log of the batch. It does not put the old names back.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<aside class=\"pe-cta\"><div class=\"pe-cta__body\"><div class=\"pe-cta__lead\"><div class=\"pe-cta__words\"><p class=\"pe-cta__name\">Easy File Renamer<\/p><p class=\"pe-cta__text\">Batch-rename files on Windows and Mac. Preview the new names before you apply them.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><a class=\"pe-cta__btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyfilerenamer.com\/\">Try Easy File Renamer<\/a><\/aside>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can rename photos using the date and camera data stored in the file. Easy File Renamer builds the new name in Media Renamer, and you can read it before the photos are renamed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1405],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-file-renaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3290"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3298,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3290\/revisions\/3298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}