{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "id": "commands/rename",
  "title": "RENAME",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/rename/",
  "summary": "Renames a key and overwrites the destination.",
  "since": "1.0.0",
  "tags": [
    "docs",
    "develop",
    "stack",
    "oss",
    "rs",
    "rc",
    "oss",
    "kubernetes",
    "clients"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-09-18T09:48:32+01:00",
  "page_type": "content",
  "content_hash": "d08c61e6f8338a725baab212415f83c95d7dfe563525ef74caee23494224aa4a",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "overview",
      "title": "Overview",
      "role": "overview",
      "text": "> [!NOTE]\n> This command's behavior varies in clustered Redis environments. See the [multi-key operations](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/using-commands/multi-key-operations) page for more information.\n\n\nRenames `key` to `newkey`.\nIt returns an error when `key` does not exist.\nIf `newkey` already exists it is overwritten, when this happens `RENAME` executes an implicit [`DEL`](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/del) operation, so if the deleted key contains a very big value it may cause high latency even if `RENAME` itself is usually a constant-time operation.\n\nIn Cluster mode, both `key` and `newkey` must be in the same **hash slot**, meaning that in practice only keys that have the same hash tag can be reliably renamed in cluster."
    },
    {
      "id": "required-arguments",
      "title": "Required arguments",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "<details open><summary><code>key</code></summary>\n\nThe key to rename.\n\n</details>\n\n<details open><summary><code>newkey</code></summary>\n\nThe new key name. An existing key with this name is overwritten.\n\n</details>"
    },
    {
      "id": "examples",
      "title": "Examples",
      "role": "example",
      "text": "redis> SET mykey \"Hello\"\nOK\nredis> RENAME mykey myotherkey\nOK\nredis> GET myotherkey\n\"Hello\""
    },
    {
      "id": "redis-software-and-redis-cloud-compatibility",
      "title": "Redis Software and Redis Cloud compatibility",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "| Redis<br />Software | Redis<br />Cloud | <span style=\"min-width: 9em; display: table-cell\">Notes</span> |\n|:----------------------|:-----------------|:------|\n| <span title=\"Supported\">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title=\"Supported\"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active\\*</nobr></span> | <span title=\"Supported\">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title=\"Supported\"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active\\*</nobr></span> | For Active-Active or clustered databases, the original key and new key must be in the same hash slot.<br /><br />\\*Not supported for stream consumer group info. |"
    },
    {
      "id": "return-information",
      "title": "Return information",
      "role": "returns",
      "text": "**RESP2:**\n\n[Simple string reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#simple-strings): `OK`.\n\n**RESP3:**\n\n[Simple string reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#simple-strings): `OK`."
    }
  ],
  "examples": []
}