How to rename Scheduled Task in Windows Task Scheduler

Windows Task Scheduler is a useful application but is often overlooked by Windows users. It lets you automate running routine tasks, like sending emails, shutting down your PC, waking it up from Sleep mode, updating Windows Defender, setting up text-to-speech, playing a song, and more! Because it’s not used often, some of you might not know how to rename Scheduled tasks in Windows Task Scheduler. In this post, we are going to talk about the same.

In case you have numerous tasks set by Windows Task Scheduler, you certainly need to write a concise explanation along with a simple title to recognize your tasks. The problem begins when you need to change or rename a Task, for some reason.

Task Scheduler doesn’t allow you to rename any task – no matter whether it is a preset system task or one created by you. When you open the Properties of any task, you will get a screen that looks like this.

We know how to schedule a new task, but there is no direct option to rename a scheduled task. You have to carry out the steps mentioned hereinafter in order to rename the Windows Task Scheduler task.

Rename Windows Task Scheduler Task

To rename a task in Windows Task Scheduler, you can follow the instructions given below.

Open your Task Scheduler via Start Search and pick out the task that you want to rename. Next, click on the Export button that is positioned under the Selected Item tab.

A Save As window will open. Save the file to a location of your choice. Just make sure that the file type is .XML.

Now, open Windows Task Scheduler and delete the particular task that you have exported. To do so, right-click on that task and select Delete.

Thereafter, click on the Import Task button that is positioned under either Task Scheduler Library or Task Scheduler (Local).

Select the exported .XML file and open it up.

You will now be offered an option to edit the task name, in the Create Task box.

After renaming the task, you can hit the OK button.

In short, you are exporting a task, deleting the task, and then importing the task anew – which gives you a chance to rename it. While it is fine to do it for tasks created by you, it may NOT be a good idea to rename tasks that may have been created by the operating system.

This process doesn’t let you rename tasks in bulk. If you need to rename multiple tasks, you will have to perform the same steps for each task.

Read: How to delete Scheduled Task in Windows 11/10.

How do I change task name in Task Manager?

Task Manager does not allow you to rename a scheduled task easily. However, we can make a copy of the existing file, save it in an XML file, and then restore it but with a different name. You can check the guide mentioned earlier to do the same.

Read: How to delay a Scheduled Task in Task Scheduler in Windows 11/10

How do I edit a scheduled task in Task Scheduler?

In order to edit a job in the Task Manager, you need to change its properties. To do the same, open Task Manager, select the task you want to edit, and then click on Properties. You now make all the changes you need.

Also Read: Task Scheduler not running, triggering or starting programs in Windows 11.