How to change the title of an MS-DOS window

Updated: 11/13/2018 by Computer Hope

In Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP and above, users can change their MS-DOS window title by using the MS-DOS title command. By default, the Windows command prompt window shows "Command Prompt" as seen in the picture.

If you wanted to change the name of an MS-DOS or Windows command line window to "Computer Hope," type the command shown in the example below.

title Computer Hope

Changing the title of your window is a great way to know what is in each command line window if you have multiple command lines open.

Additional information

See our title command page for full listing of available command options.
See our MS-DOS and title definitions for further information and related links.
MS-DOS and Windows command line help and support.