# window.Window.rename

- **Module:** window
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** TypeScript
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-ts/blob/073b9d7dedad900bff6f5ec0ea47794e40225870/packages/libtmux/src/window.ts#L410
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/ts/latest/reference/window-window-rename/

```
rename(name: string): Promise<void>
```

Rename this window.

Refuses a name the supported servers would not store identically.

## Examples

```ts
await window.rename("editor");
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `rename`.

- [`rename-window`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/rename-window/)

## tmux C API

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

- [`cmd_rename_window_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_rename_window_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_rename_window_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-rename-window-c-cmd_rename_window_exec/) (function)

## In other ports

Rename a window

| Language | Equivalent |
| --- | --- |
| Python | [`libtmux.Window.rename_window`](/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-window-rename_window/) (method) |
| Ruby | [`LibTmux::Window#rename`](/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-window-rename/) (method) |
| Lua | [`libtmux.Window:rename`](/en/lua/latest/reference/libtmux-window-rename/) (method) |
| Rust | [`window.Window.rename`](/en/rs/latest/reference/window-window-rename/) (method) |
| Go | [`tmux.Window.Rename`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-window-rename/) (method) |
| Java | [`io.github.libtmux.Window.rename`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-window-window-rename/) (method) |
| C# | [`LibTmux.Window.RenameAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-window-renameasync/) (method) |
| C++ | [`libtmux::Window::rename`](/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-window-rename/) (method) |
| Swift | [`Server.rename(_:to:)`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-rename(_-to-)/) (method) |

No equivalent is recorded in PowerShell, Julia, Elixir, Kotlin, Scala or F#.