Django change field name

The __str__() method is called whenever you call str() on an object . Django uses str(obj) in a number of places. Most notably, to display an object in the Django admin site and as the value inserted into a template when it displays an object.

In the current version of Django you can rename the model and run the python manage.py makemigrations , django will then ask if you want to rename the model and if you select yes, then all renaming process will be done automatically.

Follow these steps to change an app’s name in Django: Rename the folder which is in your project root.