You can rename clips to give them more descriptive names, or to simplify existing names. When renaming a clip that was auto-created during editing, the clip becomes a user-defined clip and is displayed in the Clip List even when auto-created clips are hidden.
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Select the clip you want to rename and then choose Clip > Rename.
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With any of the Edit tools, Right-click the the clip that you want to rename and select Rename from the pop-up menu.
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Press Control+Shift+R (Windows) or Command+Shift+R (Mac).
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With the Grabber tool, double-click the clip you want to rename. For MIDI clips, the Name Dialog option must be selected as the Double-Clicking a MIDI Clip Opens setting in the MIDI Preferences.2 In the Name dialog, type a new name for the clip. If a whole-file audio clip was selected, specify whether to rename just the clip, or both the clip and the disk file.