How to change drive label name on Windows 11

On Windows 11, you can assign a custom label for each drive that appears in File Explorer, and in this guide, you will learn how. Every formatted volume on a hard drive includes a label name in addition to the drive letter to help you quickly identify the storage. The only caveat is that the default names (“Local Disk” and “New Volume”) that are assigned automatically aren’t descriptive enough to make it useful.

If you want to make each drive easier to identify in File Explorer, Windows 11 allows you to change the drive label to anything you want. However, you can use up to 32 characters or up to 11 characters for drives using NTFS or FAT file systems, respectively.

This guide will teach you three ways to change the label name of the hard drive on Windows 11.

Change drive label from File Explorer

To change the drive label on Windows 11, use these steps:

Open File Explorer on Windows 11.
Click on This PC from the left pane.
Under the “Devices and drives” section, right-click the drive and select the Rename option.
Confirm a new label for the drive and press Enter.

Once you complete the steps, File Explorer will reflect the new label on the hard drive.

Change drive label from Properties

To rename the drive from the storage properties settings page, use these steps:

Open File Explorer.
Click on This PC from the left pane.
Under the “Devices and drives” section, right-click the drive and select the Properties option.
Click the General tab.
Confirm a new label name for the drive.
Click the Apply button.
Click the OK button.

After you complete the steps, the new name will appear on the storage.

Change drive label from PowerShell

To set a new drive name with PowerShell commands on Windows 11, use these steps:

Open Start.
Search for PowerShell, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.
Type the following command to list all the volumes and press Enter:

Get-Volume
Type the following command to change the drive label and press Enter:

Set-Volume -DriveLetter DRIVER-LETTER -NewFileSystemLabel "NEW-LABEL"

In the command, change “DRIVE-LETTER” and “NEW-LABEL” for the drive letter and label you want to use (see step 3). For instance, this command renames the drive “C” to “System:”

Set-Volume -DriveLetter C -NewFileSystemLabel "System"