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Rename PDF in iBooks

"Is there a way to rename PDF's that you acquire by visiting them in safari and selecting "open in iBooks". I can only download each chapter separately and they aren't named by chapter, just by random jargon. This makes it difficult because I have to open each one to find out what chapter it is. So if you know of a way to rename PDF in iBooks, I'd appreciate your help. Thanks in advance!"

The other day, I was asked by this question - how to rename PDF in iBooks, then I search this question on Google and finally found out that we could not change the PDF file name directly in iBooks. But if you really need to rename your PDF files for your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, here we would like to introduce the right steps for that. You can follow the guide below to learn how to change PDF's name for iBooks reading on iDevice.

Tips: If you have got some Word documents which need to be converted to PDF format, you can go to how to convert Word to PDF to learn the detailed guide.

Steps on How to Rename PDF for iPad, iPhone and iPod

Step 1: Transfer PDF to Computer

Well, since we can not rename PDF files in iBooks on iDevice, we have to transfer the target PDF documents back to computer firstly. Here we strongly recommend the Amacsoft iPad/iPhone/iPod to Computer Transfer to help you. This software can easily copy, move and transfer files from iDevice to Windows-based computer with only a few steps. For get PDF out, what you need to do is just to connect your device, run software, select target PDF files and click Export button.

Tips: If you are using Mac, you can free download the iPad/iPhone/iPod to Mac Transfer to transfer your PDF files to Mac computer.

Step 2: Modify PDF's Name

Open the destination folder on your local computer to find the target PDF documents and change the file name as you need.

Step 3: Resync PDF to iDevice

After that, run iTunes and add the objective PDF files into iTunes library, then connect your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch again and sync them to your device. That's all!

In this way, you can open your PDF files with iBooks on your iDevice and read them according to the file name you customize. Is that great? Well, if you don't want to put PDF back into computer and change their name. You can also download some extra application to rename PDF on your device, for instance, GoodReader allows you to rename files with it.

However, you can change your file name with the both methods as you want. Have a good day!