# Project disappeared after renaming it

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-disappeared-after-renaming-it/102456>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** edge\
**Created:** [February 17, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-disappeared-after-renaming-it/102456 "2025-02-17T22:02:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![yidir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/35a633/32.png) [@yidir](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yidir)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-disappeared-after-renaming-it/102456/1 "2025-02-17T22:02:55Z")

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These are the logs when I open the designer and login. I renamed from the config the project name from Edge to CG. Now I can't find the project.  
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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-disappeared-after-renaming-it/102456/2 "2025-02-18T01:39:37Z")

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Ignition Edge requires that the project be named Edge.

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**Author:** ![yidir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/35a633/32.png) [@yidir](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yidir)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-disappeared-after-renaming-it/102456/3 "2025-02-18T03:36:24Z")

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I did put the name back to Edge. But I still don't see it.

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**Author:** ![yidir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/35a633/32.png) [@yidir](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yidir)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-disappeared-after-renaming-it/102456/4 "2025-02-18T03:55:05Z")

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I fixed it by renaming the folder in `C:\Program Files\Inductive Automation\Ignition\data\projects\` to Edge and by restarting my gateway via Windows services. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-disappeared-after-renaming-it/102456/5 "2025-02-18T16:29:01Z")

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For posterity, on recent enough versions you can change the project name the edge gateway is looking for:

> **[Edge Gateway | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/other-editions/ignition-edge/edge-gateway#edge-gateway-settings)**
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> The Edge Gateway has many of the same options as the regular Ignition Gateway Webpage along with a few Edge-specific settings and visual changes. You can see below that after installing Edge, the traditional orange Ignition logos are replaced with...