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HaroldvandeKamp
MCT
Aug 29, 2016
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Rename a document stored inside a SharePoint document library using Office Dev PnP

How to rename a document/file stored inside a documentlibrary using Office Dev PnP? I haven't found a cmdlet for it.   Specifically I want to rename the OneNote Notebook called "Team Site Notebo...
  • Charles Willwerth's avatar
    Charles Willwerth
    Aug 30, 2016

    I might be misinterpreting the question, but does this help?

    "MoveTo" can be used to rename files.

    Connect-SPOnline -url [yoururl]
$ctx = Get-SPOContext
$web = Get-SPOWeb
$file = $web.GetFileByServerRelativeUrl("[your file url]")
$file.MoveTo("[your NEW server-relative url]", 'Overwrite')
$ctx.ExecuteQuery()
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Andreas Lemarcq
Brass Contributor
Jul 10, 2025

Charles Willwerth​ and HaroldvandeKamp​ 

Thanks for the solution.
It allowed me to work this out in PnP PowerShell.

$web = Get-PnPWeb
$folder = $web.GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl("/sites/SITEURL/SiteAssets/Team Site Notebook")
$folder.MoveTo("/sites/SITEURL/SiteAssets/MySpecificSiteNotebookName")
$web.Update()
Invoke-PnPQuery

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