SharePoint Online - Change Document Title Using Powershell

Question

Hello Community,

I'm working in SharePoint Online and I want to change a document's title using PowerShell. Has anyone else done this? If so please provide guidance and code examples.

Thanks!

Tom

Answer 1

Hi,

Can you try this out and repost if you have any issues

Load SharePoint CSOM Assemblies

Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll"
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"

Variables

$SiteURL="**************************************"
$NewSiteTitle="United States"

Try {
$Cred= Get-Credential
$Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($Cred.Username, $Cred.Password)

#Setup the context
$Ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($SiteURL)
$Ctx.Credentials = $Credentials

#Get the Site from URL
$Web = $Ctx.web
$Ctx.Load($web)
$Ctx.ExecuteQuery()

#Get the current site title
Write-host "Site Title:"$web.title

#sharepoint online powershell change site title
$web.title = $NewSiteTitle
$Web.Update()
$Ctx.ExecuteQuery()

Write-host "Site Title has been updated to '$NewSiteTitle'" -ForegroundColor Green 

}
Catch {
write-host -f Red "Error Updating Site Title!" $_.Exception.Message
}

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Answer 2

Hi @Tom Molskow ,

Do you mean that you are going to rename a document using PowerShell, right? If yes, please take a reference to below PowerShell scripts.

PowerShell CSOM Script to rename a document in SharePoint Online:

#Load SharePoint CSOM Assemblies  
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll"  
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"  
     
#Set Variables for Site URL, Old File Name and New File Name  
$SiteURL= "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/sales/"  
$OldFileURL="/sites/Sales/Documents/Legal.docx"  
$NewFileURL="/sites/Sales/Documents/LegalTemplate.docx"  
   
#Setup Credentials to connect  
$Cred = Get-Credential  
$Cred = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($Cred.UserName,$Cred.Password)  
   
Try {  
    #Setup the context  
    $Ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($SiteURL)  
    $Ctx.Credentials = $Cred  
   
    #Rename the File  
    $File = $Ctx.Web.GetFileByServerRelativeUrl($OldFileURL)  
    $File.MoveTo($NewFileURL, [Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.MoveOperations]::Overwrite)  
    $Ctx.ExecuteQuery()  
   
    write-host -f Green "File Renamed successfully!"  
}  
Catch {  
    write-host -f Red "Error Renaming File!" $_.Exception.Message  
}  

Rename a document using PnP PowerShell:

#Config Variables  
$SiteURL = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/marketing"  
$FileURL= "Shared Documents/Active/Office 365 Proposal.pdf"  
$NewFileName ="Office 365 Proposal V2.pdf"  
   
#Connect to PnP Online  
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteURL -Credentials (Get-Credential)  
   
#Rename the File  
Rename-PnPFile -SiteRelativeUrl $FileURL -TargetFileName $NewFileName -Force  

==========
Updated ==========
To modify the "Title" field of a document:

#Load SharePoint CSOM Assemblies  
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll"  
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\16\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"  
    
#Set parameter values  
$SiteURL="https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/teamsite"  
$FileRelativeUrl="/sites/teamsite/Shared Documents/Investment Process.pptx"  
   
Try {  
        #Get Credentials to connect  
        $Cred= Get-Credential  
        $Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($Cred.Username, $Cred.Password)  
    
        #Setup the context  
        $Ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($SiteURL)  
        $Ctx.Credentials = $Credentials  
   
        $File = $Ctx.web.GetFileByServerRelativeUrl($FileRelativeUrl)  
        $Ctx.Load($File)  
        $Ctx.ExecuteQuery()  
   
        #Set Metadata of the File  
        $ListItem = $File.ListItemAllFields  
        $Listitem["Title"] = "NewTitleTest"  
        $ListItem.Update()  
        $Ctx.ExecuteQuery()  
   
        Write-host -f Green "File's title has been Updated Successfully!"  
     }  
    Catch {  
        write-host -f Red "Error Updating title of the File!" $_.Exception.Message  
   }  

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