Remove extension from file name

Remove file extension from a file name string Ask Question. Asked 10 years, 4 months ago. Active 2 years, 1 month ago. Viewed k times.

Palec 11k 7 7 gold badges 56 56 silver badges bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Martinho Fernandes R. Martinho Fernandes k 69 69 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Was gonna suggest: string. GetDirectoryName path , Path. GetFileNameWithoutExtension path Combine instead of String. Preserving the path is not a desired effect, note that the method name is GetFileNameWithoutExtension.

If path preservation was promised, then the method name should have been different. The method description is also quite specific, only the filename with no extension is returned. The OP doesn't specify that he requires the path. Quite the contrary. It simply asks for removal of extension from the filename. For those who need it, the fully qualified function name is System. GetFileNameWithoutExtension — gouderadrian. ChangeExtension path, null ; If only file name is needed, use System.

GetFileNameWithoutExtension path ;. This is the correct answer. The accepted answer strips file path — dukevin. This is a better answer as it preserves the path — James H. The null has a magic value here. If you use String.

Empty aka "" you will be left with a trailing [. I disagree this answer is better. GetFileNameWithoutExtension is more explicit. Although it IS nice knowing about its potentially undesired side effect and the existence of an alternative to avoid it.

Doesn't work in Powershell v5. The system interprets [System. Substring 0, filename. Length - extension. Length ;. Bio, actually that get's the length of the extension, and then grabs the filename up until the extension. If you decide to ignore System. Substring filename. Your computer is always opening different types of files, whether they are images , music, text files , archives, documents, or executables.

Each type of file in Windows needs to be told what it is so the appropriate action can be taken and the file can be opened or launched. The file extension , which is whatever text comes after the last period. By default, Windows has dozens of types of file extension associated with specific actions so they can be recognized on double click. As you add more and more software to your system more file type extensions are added to handle the files required by the software.

All you have to do is right click, select Open with and choose the program you want to open it. Here we show you some ways to remove file extension associations in Windows. Types is quite an easy program to use and it has one major advantage over the other third party tools here. The others will be able to delete more basic associations or delete all associations in Windows 7. If you have issues with your file extension not clearing itself in Windows 10, try this.

Types can both delete the extension or just remove the file type association. Click the Delete button or press Del on the keyboard. To do that, instead of pressing Delete, select Properties or double-click. Uncheck the Class box to remove the file type from the extension. There are portable, command line, and installer versions of Types available, portable and CLI are at the bottom of the webpage in small text.

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