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Google Drive

Rename the selected item

F2

Mac Web app Google Drive on the web

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In Google Drive, F2 will rename the selected item. The keys are the same on a Mac. It works in the browser version.

Where it works: Drive file list

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Web app	`F2`
Windows	Web app	`F2`

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts for Google Drive

Documentation checked on 2026-09-12. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

The same task in other apps

Rename the active item Blender F2
Rename the selected item DBeaver F2
Rename the item Evernote F2
Rename the selected item File Explorer F2
Rename the selected file JupyterLab F2
Rename the item Postman Cmd + E

More Google Drive shortcuts

Share the selected items Cmd + Option + A
Move the selected items to a folder Cmd + Option + M
Star or unstar the selected items Cmd + Option + S
Copy a link to the selected items Cmd + Option + L
Remove the selected items Delete
Copy the selected item titles Cmd + Shift + C
Create a document Ctrl + C then T
Create a spreadsheet Ctrl + C then S

See every Google Drive shortcut

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