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Can't Rename Bins

Explorer ,
Nov 06, 2018 Nov 06, 2018

When I go to rename a bin, I can't see the text or cursor, and when I hit "return" Premiere crashes. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, is there a fix?

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New Here , Feb 20, 2019 Feb 20, 2019

Hey folks, here is another possible solution to what seems to be a 10-year old+ issue:

Try resetting your workspace layout. Through the top menu it would be Window > Workspaces > Reset to Saved Layout

This worked for me when none of the other solutions did. Perhaps try setting to different workspaces as well if still stuck.

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New Here ,
Aug 04, 2025 Aug 04, 2025
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this issue just cropped up for me but this fix is not working 😞 not sure what to do

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Enthusiast ,
Jan 15, 2025 Jan 15, 2025

Thank you. It helped.

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New Here ,
Nov 19, 2019 Nov 19, 2019

Just found another possible solution that worked for me. Select the bin or file and then go the the Metadata window and rename it in there. Everything was fixed across all projects after this.

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New Here ,
Oct 03, 2021 Oct 03, 2021

Hey 

what did u mean about  go to the metadata?

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 05, 2021 Oct 05, 2021

Right click on the NAME header title in any bin.  "Metadata Display..."  will appear as the dropdown menu choice.   A window will pop up that allows you to customize the column info that appears in that bin.  Much like the colums in Finder or Explorer desktop windows.  There are hundreds of choices of info columns that can be shown for clips in the bins and you can save presets.  This is very useful for projects with lots of elements.

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New Here ,
Oct 29, 2021 Oct 29, 2021

Quick fix is to just rename it in list view rather than icon view or freeform view

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 24, 2025 Mar 24, 2025

Hello! Im from the future, 2025 and this problem still persists, please take care of the water and mind who you vote to. Jokes aside, Premiere is the most buggy program I ever encounter to the date to edit video. 

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