How can an ArcGIS Online hosted tile layer be renamed?
Thanks.
From the image it looks like the part you want to rename is actually the layer in the tile package. I believe you would have to change the name of the layer in ArcMap or Pro before you created the tile package.
I just ran into this today. I had set a wonky layer name that was descriptive of the processing I applied to create the raster layer (a different spatial reference). I assumed I could change the name in the web map. Nope. I also ended up needing to recreate the tpkx, upload and create a NEW tile layer. When I tried to replace it with the new, it said something didn't match. Other then the name, all the tiling and such was the same. But it also appears some enhancements were made to the way tiles are stored. It is less than 1/4 the size of the original (created in Sept. 2025). And creating the new tile package, uploading, and publishing the tile layer was also much faster.
This entire workflow could be improved. There are too many opportunities for varying settings and options creeping in that have no effective impact on the result, but apparently cause the new tpkx to not "match" the old. One should be able to point to a tile layer in ArcGIS Online, or at least the tpkx, and have the geoprocessing tool options be filled in automatically to match the old. If something fails there at least you'd know it before generating a new tpkx that isn't going to work after uploading. And this workflow could have an option for automatically updating the tile layer from the uploaded tpkx rather than needing another manual step.
Nothing has changed as far as I can tell. You can vote for my idea about this topic here:
https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/ability-to-edit-text-in-hosted-tile-layers/idi-p/1206628
Hi, I wonder if this enhancement request ever got implemented? I still can't find an easy way to rename a tile layer published from a TPK, other than republishing the whole thing, which is a bit of a bind. Or maybe I'm missing something obvious (wouldn't be the first time...)
The following enhancement request has been logged:
ENH-000113955: Add an ability to easily rename a tile layer when created from a TPK in ArcGIS Online
Tony
Thanks for sharing Tony,
It looks like I was testing a tile layer published from a hosted feature layer and not a tpk. Unfortunately, re-creating the tpk seems to be the only way to do this currently. I'll get this over to the development team, but would suggest you log this as a bug through support services so its trackable.
Thanks,
Kelly
Yes, that's what I'm trying to rename. I was hoping I didn't have to create the tile package again simply to rename the layer. Tile package creation can be very time consuming (days for some that I've created).
I created a tile package in Desktop, uploaded this to AGOL then published from AGOL.
How did you create and publish the tiles?
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