{"id":1512,"date":"2018-06-14T16:31:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T16:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2018-06-14T17:14:32","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T17:14:32","slug":"change-drive-label-rename-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/tweaks\/change-drive-label-rename-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Drive Label and Rename Drive in Windows 10?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In modern Windows, you can rename drive or change it&#8217;s letter without using third party tools. Windows 10 allows assigning a unique name of up to 32 characters for NTFS drives or 11 characters for FAT drives to identify a media connected to your computer. Here is how.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is How to Change Drive Label and Rename Drive in Windows 10:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"w10steps\">\n<ul>\n<li>STEP 1: At first, open the <b>File Explorer<\/b>.<br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/12\/windows-10-run-file-explorer.png\" alt=\"windows-10-run-file-explorer\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 2: Then go to the <b>This PC<\/b> folder.<br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/windows-10-file-explorer-this-PC.png\" alt=\"windows-10-file-explorer-this-PC\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 3: After that, select a drive under <b>Devices and drives<\/b>.<br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/windows-10-rename-drive.png\" alt=\"windows-10-rename-drive\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 4: At last, click <b>Rename<\/b> in the Ribbon or right-click on the drive and select <b>Rename<\/b> in the context menu.<\/li>\n<li>STEP 5: And type a new label and hit the Enter key.<br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/windows-10-type-new-drive-name.png\" alt=\"windows-10-type-new-drive-name\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>To change drive label right-click on a drive and select <b>Properties<\/b> in the context menu.<br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/windows-10-this-pc-properties.png\" alt=\"windows-10-this-pc-properties\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><br \/>\nAnd type the new label value in the text box on the <b>General<\/b> tab.<br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/windows-10-type-new-drive-label.png\" alt=\"windows-10-type-new-drive-label\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is How to Change Drive Label and Rename Drive in Windows 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Change Drive Label and Rename Drive in Windows 10? 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