As this is a fairly complicated process, I’ve made my own short guide to renaming folders in Google Reader.

1. Select a feed to put into the new folder.
2. In the ‘Feed Settings’ drop-down select ‘New Folder’:
   
3. Enter the new name for the folder:
   

Then

4. Go to Settings > Reader Settings > Subscriptions.
5. Type the name of the folder in the box at the left. (I’m renaming ‘News’ to ‘News (mainstream)’.
   
6. Select the feeds that don’t match – this can be a pain if there are similarly named folders.
7. Go to ‘More actions…’ drop-down and select the new folder for the feeds to be added to:
   
8. Remove from the old folder.
9. Go to ‘Folders and Tags’ and click the ‘Delete’ icon to remove the old folder:
   

Such a long process, surely there could be an easier way (Google???).

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