Is it *still* not possible to batch rename files in LRC using string substitution/"find-and-replace" like you can easily do in Bridge? Incredible if true.

Moderators, ​@Rikk Flohr_Photography, please merge with this feature request:

It is indeed a very old feature request. The two plugins mentioned by ​@miladavis are your best bet, while waiting for Adobe to implement this (perhaps until the next ice age).

There is a much easier way to handle this without losing your metadata or going through the hassle of re-importing. You can perform a true find-and-replace batch rename directly inside Lightroom Classic by using the "Search Replace Transfer" plugin by John Beardsworth or Jeffrey Friedl’s "Bulk Photo Rename" plugin. These tools let you swap out specific text strings across thousands of images at once, updating both your catalog and the actual files on your hard drive instantly.

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