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How To Rename A SharePoint Online Site

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This SharePoint Online tutorial will provide you with step-by-step instructions outlining how to change the name of a SharePoint Online site. A SharePoint Online site name is the title that appears in the upper left-hand corner of the SharePoint Online user interface. The name of a SharePoint Online site can be changed easily with a few simple clicks.

Example of the name of a SharePoint Online Site in the context of how to change a SharePoint Online site name
Example SharePoint Online Site Name

How To Rename a SharePoint Online Site From SharePoint

Step 1: From the home page of your SharePoint Online site, click on “Site Contents”.

The first step to rename a SharePoint Online site is to click on SharePoint Site Contents

Step 2: Click on the “Settings” icon on the upper right-hand side of the SharePoint Online user interface and then click on “Site Information”.

The second step to rename a SharePoint Online site is to click on SharePoint site settings and site information

Step 3: Enter the new SharePoint Online site name in the site name field and click save.

The third step to rename a SharePoint Online site is to enter the new SharePoint site name and click save.

Step 4: Within a few minutes of clicking save, the SharePoint Online site name will be updated to reflect the new name entered.

This image shows the outcome of renaming a SharePoint Online site

Step 5: Note that when you update the name of a SharePoint Online site from the SharePoint interface, the site will also update in the SharePoint Admin center as outlined below. Note that it could take a few minutes for the update to reflect in SharePoint Admin center.

Step 5 - How to rename a SharePoint Online - Confirm rename in SharePoint Admin Center

Step 6: Note that if the SharePoint site is a team site and is connected to Microsoft Teams, updating the SharePoint site name will also update the name of the corresponding team in Microsoft Teams as outlined below.

Step 6 - How to rename a SharePoint site - updating the name of a SharePoint site will also update a corresponding team in Microsoft Teams

How To Rename a SharePoint Online Site Video Tutorial

That is how to rename a SharePoint Online site from the SharePoint Online interface.

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