# Rename assets folder

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/rename-assets-folder/21729>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [March 24, 2021, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/rename-assets-folder/21729 "2021-03-24T09:32:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![sunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@sunny](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/sunny)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/rename-assets-folder/21729/1 "2021-03-24T09:32:53Z")

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Is it possible to rename assets folder? If possible which files do i need to modify?

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**Author:** ![pixelijn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@pixelijn](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/pixelijn)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/rename-assets-folder/21729/2 "2021-03-24T09:39:34Z")

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Yes, sure, of course, you need adapt references to that folder accordingly.

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**Author:** ![sunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@sunny](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/sunny)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/rename-assets-folder/21729/3 "2021-03-24T09:49:58Z")

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Which files contains references of assets folder? I will update my own files. i want to know the list of kirby files.

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**Author:** ![pixelijn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@pixelijn](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/pixelijn)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/rename-assets-folder/21729/4 "2021-03-24T09:51:46Z")

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Kirby doesn’t use the assets folder internally. It’s purely for frontend stuff.

> **[Exploring the Starterkit](https://getkirby.com/docs/guide/tour#a-peek-under-the-hood-kirby-s-folder-structure)**
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> Take a tour around the house and we will give you a quick look at every part of Kirby.

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**Author:** ![sunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@sunny](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/sunny)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/rename-assets-folder/21729/5 "2021-03-24T10:20:26Z")

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I have renamed my assets to ‘appassets’. `<?= css('@auto') ?>` function not loading my template css files. to load the template specific css from above function what change i need to do?

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**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/rename-assets-folder/21729/6 "2021-03-24T19:48:54Z")

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In that case you have to change the root folder and URL, see docs:

- [Configuration | Kirby](https://getkirby.com/docs/guide/configuration#custom-folder-setup)
- [Configuration | Kirby](https://getkirby.com/docs/guide/configuration#custom-url-setup)