Features

Magic File Renamer 8 is a Windows batch renamer and tagger with a Filter Chain, live preview, audio tag read/write, image/EXIF and document Info tokens, Path Mover, presets, and mfrc console automation. The list below covers what ships in MFR 8.

See also Detailed Features List in Help Pages.

• Modify names, extensions, attributes, and dates for files and folders.
• Modify audio tags for MP3 (ID3v1/ID3v2), Ogg Vorbis / Opus, FLAC, APE, M4A/MP4 (Apple), WMA/ASF, and WAV (RIFF INFO). Tag changes appear in preview before GO.
• Path Mover relocates files and can build folder hierarchies from patterns (for example \(artist)\(album)\(track)).
• Recursively process sub-folders, including network paths Windows can reach.
• Real-time preview of names, tags, dates, and attributes, with before/after mode and highlighted predicted errors.
• Powerful pattern renaming (Formatter) with tokens from audio tags, media properties, image/EXIF, and document Info (PDF, EPUB, Office).
• Read image properties and EXIF (read-only) from JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, HEIF/HEIC, and related formats.
• Reverse geocoding via GeoNames — nearby country, region, and place from GPS in image EXIF (for example add a place name to the file name).
• Advanced counter for serial numbers in names.
• Extensive casing, spacing, and trimming filters.
• Search and replace with regular expressions and replace lists.
• Remove unwanted characters from file names.
• Use and modify tokens and substrings from names.
• Rename files from a name list built into the filter options.
• Swap parts of file names (Token Mover).
• Save a Filter Chain as a preset and reload it later.
• Multi-column sort on the Rename List.
• Manual cell override for names and tags (F2).
• Undo Last (reverse preview until GO) and Rename Log.
• Integrated File List lets you add files and folders without leaving the application.
• Windows Explorer right-click "Rename with MFR 8".
• Console mode (mfrc) for automatic renaming from the command line.