How to change name of project in Android Studio

Try changing the contents of this file: C:\Path\To\Project\.idea\.name


You can try something like this in your settings.gradle file:

rootProject.name = "YOUR_PROJECT_NAME"

After restarting of Android Studio it will also change text in title bar to YOUR_PROJECT_NAME.

Tested on Android Studio 2.2 RC2


  1. Change the name in manifest file. android:label="@string/app_name"
  2. There's a build.gradle file inside your app folder. Change the package name from there. Make sure you edit the build.gradle file inside your app folder, not the one in the root of your project.

When you want to change only the name of the application to enter src->main->res->values->strings.xml ​​and change the name to the new