diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/core/base.py b/src/spikeinterface/core/base.py
index 4922707b35..5800166f39 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/core/base.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/core/base.py
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ def save_to_folder(
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        name : str , optional
+        name : str or Path, optional
             The name of the subfolder within the global temporary folder. If `folder`
             is provided, this argument must be None.
         folder : str or Path, optional
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/core/baserecording.py b/src/spikeinterface/core/baserecording.py
index 773e62ffa1..e70c95bb65 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/core/baserecording.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/core/baserecording.py
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ def __init__(self, sampling_frequency: float, channel_ids: list, dtype):
         self.annotate(is_filtered=False)
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        extractor_name = self.__class__.__name__
+
+        class_name = self.__class__.__name__
+        name_to_display = class_name
         num_segments = self.get_num_segments()
 
         txt = self._repr_header()
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ def __repr__(self):
             split_index = txt.rfind("-", 0, 100)  # Find the last "-" before character 100
             if split_index != -1:
                 first_line = txt[:split_index]
-                recording_string_space = len(extractor_name) + 2  # Length of extractor_name plus ": "
+                recording_string_space = len(name_to_display) + 2  # Length of name_to_display plus ": "
                 white_space_to_align_with_first_line = " " * recording_string_space
                 second_line = white_space_to_align_with_first_line + txt[split_index + 1 :].lstrip()
                 txt = first_line + "\n" + second_line
@@ -95,7 +97,8 @@ def list_to_string(lst, max_size=6):
         return txt
 
     def _repr_header(self):
-        extractor_name = self.__class__.__name__
+        class_name = self.__class__.__name__
+        name_to_display = class_name
         num_segments = self.get_num_segments()
         num_channels = self.get_num_channels()
         sf_khz = self.get_sampling_frequency() / 1000.0
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ def _repr_header(self):
         total_memory_size = self.get_total_memory_size()
 
         txt = (
-            f"{extractor_name}: "
+            f"{name_to_display}: "
             f"{num_channels} channels - "
             f"{sf_khz:0.1f}kHz - "
             f"{num_segments} segments - "
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/core/binaryfolder.py b/src/spikeinterface/core/binaryfolder.py
index 546ac85f93..fca08d9c26 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/core/binaryfolder.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/core/binaryfolder.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class BinaryFolderRecording(BinaryRecordingExtractor):
         The recording
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "BinaryFolder"
     mode = "folder"
     name = "binaryfolder"
 
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/core/binaryrecordingextractor.py b/src/spikeinterface/core/binaryrecordingextractor.py
index 8fb9a78f2a..64c1b9b2e6 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/core/binaryrecordingextractor.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/core/binaryrecordingextractor.py
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ class BinaryRecordingExtractor(BaseRecording):
         The recording Extractor
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "BinaryRecording"
     mode = "file"
     name = "binary"
 
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/core/npyfoldersnippets.py b/src/spikeinterface/core/npyfoldersnippets.py
index 514a56fdf5..eec510aff8 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/core/npyfoldersnippets.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/core/npyfoldersnippets.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ class NpyFolderSnippets(NpySnippetsExtractor):
         The snippets
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "NpyFolderSnippets"
     mode = "folder"
     name = "npyfolder"
 
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/core/npysnippetsextractor.py b/src/spikeinterface/core/npysnippetsextractor.py
index fe66252c28..a5fb12a397 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/core/npysnippetsextractor.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/core/npysnippetsextractor.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ class NpySnippetsExtractor(BaseSnippets):
     All spike are store in two columns maner index+labels
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "NpySnippets"
     mode = "file"
     name = "npy"
 
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/core/npzsortingextractor.py b/src/spikeinterface/core/npzsortingextractor.py
index 5a40e3ba55..f60dadd8ec 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/core/npzsortingextractor.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/core/npzsortingextractor.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ class NpzSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
     All spike are store in two columns maner index+labels
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "NpzSortingExtractor"
     mode = "file"
     name = "npz"
 
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/core/numpyextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/core/numpyextractors.py
index 0ba1c05417..1ee472ffa4 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/core/numpyextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/core/numpyextractors.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ class NumpyRecording(BaseRecording):
         An optional list of channel_ids. If None, linear channels are assumed
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "Numpy"
     mode = "memory"
     name = "numpy"
 
@@ -143,7 +142,6 @@ class SharedMemoryRecording(BaseRecording):
         If True, the main instance will unlink the sharedmem buffer when deleted
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "SharedMemory"
     mode = "memory"
     name = "SharedMemory"
 
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/core/old_api_utils.py b/src/spikeinterface/core/old_api_utils.py
index 65de8aedf6..ea2f20d631 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/core/old_api_utils.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/core/old_api_utils.py
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ class NewToOldSorting:
       * unique segment
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "NewToOldSorting"
-
     def __init__(self, sorting):
         assert sorting.get_num_segments() == 1
         self._sorting = sorting
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/core/sortingfolder.py b/src/spikeinterface/core/sortingfolder.py
index ef6f524b6c..d0751d33fa 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/core/sortingfolder.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/core/sortingfolder.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class NumpyFolderSorting(BaseSorting):
 
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "NumpyFolderSorting"
     mode = "folder"
     name = "NumpyFolder"
 
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ class NpzFolderSorting(NpzSortingExtractor):
         The sorting
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "NpzFolder"
     mode = "folder"
     name = "npzfolder"
 
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/core/zarrextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/core/zarrextractors.py
index ee8021fa72..4851c0eb5c 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/core/zarrextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/core/zarrextractors.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ class ZarrRecordingExtractor(BaseRecording):
         The recording Extractor
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "ZarrRecording"
     installed = True
     mode = "folder"
     installation_mesg = ""
@@ -168,7 +167,6 @@ class ZarrSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
         The sorting Extractor
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "ZarrSorting"
     installed = True
     mode = "folder"
     installation_mesg = ""
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/alfsortingextractor.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/alfsortingextractor.py
index f4287541da..fa6490135c 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/alfsortingextractor.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/alfsortingextractor.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class ALFSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
         The loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "ALFSorting"
     installation_mesg = "To use the ALF extractors, install ONE-api: \n\n pip install ONE-api\n\n"
     name = "alf"
 
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/cbin_ibl.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/cbin_ibl.py
index 1687acb073..a09cea9863 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/cbin_ibl.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/cbin_ibl.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class CompressedBinaryIblExtractor(BaseRecording):
         The loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "CompressedBinaryIbl"
     mode = "folder"
     installation_mesg = "To use the CompressedBinaryIblExtractor, install mtscomp: \n\n pip install mtscomp\n\n"
     name = "cbin_ibl"
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/cellexplorersortingextractor.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/cellexplorersortingextractor.py
index 9b77965c43..736927a1ee 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/cellexplorersortingextractor.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/cellexplorersortingextractor.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class CellExplorerSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
         Path to the `sessionInfo.mat` file. If None, it will be inferred from the file_path.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "CellExplorerSortingExtractor"
     mode = "file"
     installation_mesg = "To use the CellExplorerSortingExtractor install pymatreader"
 
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/combinatoextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/combinatoextractors.py
index e0d01e10e5..8828ea8b64 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/combinatoextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/combinatoextractors.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ class CombinatoSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
         The loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "CombinatoSortingExtractor"
     installed = HAVE_H5PY
     installation_mesg = "To use the CombinatoSortingExtractor install h5py: \n\n pip install h5py\n\n"
     name = "combinato"
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/hdsortextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/hdsortextractors.py
index 1be49f70be..19038344ee 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/hdsortextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/hdsortextractors.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class HDSortSortingExtractor(MatlabHelper, BaseSorting):
         The loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "HDSortSortingExtractor"
     mode = "file"
     name = "hdsort"
 
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/herdingspikesextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/herdingspikesextractors.py
index 87f7dd74c4..4fe915a96b 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/herdingspikesextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/herdingspikesextractors.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ class HerdingspikesSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
         The loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "HS2Sorting"
     installed = HAVE_HS2SX  # check at class level if installed or not
     mode = "file"
     installation_mesg = (
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/iblextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/iblextractors.py
index 27bb95854f..b9f4c2c9c4 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/iblextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/iblextractors.py
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ class IblRecordingExtractor(BaseRecording):
         The recording extractor which allows access to the traces.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "IblRecording"
     mode = "folder"
     installation_mesg = "To use the IblRecordingSegment, install ibllib: \n\n pip install ONE-api\npip install ibllib\n"
     name = "ibl_recording"
@@ -305,7 +304,6 @@ class IblSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
         The loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "IBLSorting"
     name = "ibl"
     installation_mesg = "IBL extractors require ibllib as a dependency." " To install, run: \n\n pip install ibllib\n\n"
 
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/klustaextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/klustaextractors.py
index dc01b3b9eb..82534771a1 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/klustaextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/klustaextractors.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class KlustaSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
         The loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "KlustaSortingExtractor"
     installed = HAVE_H5PY  # check at class level if installed or not
     installation_mesg = (
         "To use the KlustaSortingExtractor install h5py: \n\n pip install h5py\n\n"  # error message when not installed
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/matlabhelpers.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/matlabhelpers.py
index e9948575a2..ac701c89e6 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/matlabhelpers.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/matlabhelpers.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 
 class MatlabHelper:
-    extractor_name = "MATSortingExtractor"
     mode = "file"
     installation_mesg = (
         "To use the MATSortingExtractor install h5py and scipy: " "\n\n pip install h5py scipy\n\n"
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/mclustextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/mclustextractors.py
index ed0454f682..5cfa583054 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/mclustextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/mclustextractors.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class MClustSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
         Loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "MClustSortingExtractor"
     name = "mclust"
 
     def __init__(self, folder_path, sampling_frequency, sampling_frequency_raw=None):
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/mcsh5extractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/mcsh5extractors.py
index c55f9d47db..f419b7e64d 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/mcsh5extractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/mcsh5extractors.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class MCSH5RecordingExtractor(BaseRecording):
         The loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "MCSH5Recording"
     mode = "file"
     installation_mesg = (
         "To use the MCSH5RecordingExtractor install h5py: \n\n pip install h5py\n\n"  # error message when not installed
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/mdaextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/mdaextractors.py
index 0ecad27994..acc7be58dd 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/mdaextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/mdaextractors.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class MdaRecordingExtractor(BaseRecording):
         The loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "MdaRecording"
     mode = "folder"
     name = "mda"
 
@@ -193,7 +192,6 @@ class MdaSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
         The loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "MdaSorting"
     mode = "file"
     name = "mda"
 
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/neuroscope.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/neuroscope.py
index 2f6502b1c8..104f47af24 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/neuroscope.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/neuroscope.py
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ class NeuroScopeSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
         Path to the .xml file referenced by this sorting.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "NeuroscopeSortingExtractor"
     name = "neuroscope"
 
     def __init__(
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/nwbextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/nwbextractors.py
index ccb2ff4370..9786766af1 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/nwbextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/nwbextractors.py
@@ -472,7 +472,6 @@ class NwbRecordingExtractor(BaseRecording):
     >>> rec = NwbRecordingExtractor(s3_url, stream_mode="fsspec", stream_cache_path="cache")
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "NwbRecording"
     mode = "file"
     name = "nwb"
     installation_mesg = "To use the Nwb extractors, install pynwb: \n\n pip install pynwb\n\n"
@@ -1001,7 +1000,6 @@ class NwbSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
         The sorting extractor for the NWB file.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "NwbSorting"
     mode = "file"
     installation_mesg = "To use the Nwb extractors, install pynwb: \n\n pip install pynwb\n\n"
     name = "nwb"
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/phykilosortextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/phykilosortextractors.py
index e65ff0adfb..3287f7422f 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/phykilosortextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/phykilosortextractors.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ class BasePhyKilosortSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
         If True, all cluster properties are loaded from the tsv/csv files.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "BasePhyKilosortSorting"
     installed = False  # check at class level if installed or not
     mode = "folder"
     installation_mesg = (
@@ -229,7 +228,6 @@ class PhySortingExtractor(BasePhyKilosortSortingExtractor):
         The loaded Sorting object.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "PhySorting"
     name = "phy"
 
     def __init__(
@@ -271,7 +269,6 @@ class KiloSortSortingExtractor(BasePhyKilosortSortingExtractor):
         The loaded Sorting object.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "KiloSortSorting"
     name = "kilosort"
 
     def __init__(self, folder_path: Path | str, keep_good_only: bool = False, remove_empty_units: bool = True):
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/shybridextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/shybridextractors.py
index 86a5276d62..b53b3b2056 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/shybridextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/shybridextractors.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class SHYBRIDRecordingExtractor(BinaryRecordingExtractor):
         Loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "SHYBRIDRecording"
     mode = "folder"
     installation_mesg = (
         "To use the SHYBRID extractors, install SHYBRID and pyyaml: " "\n\n pip install shybrid pyyaml\n\n"
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ class SHYBRIDSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
         Loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "SHYBRIDSorting"
     installation_mesg = "To use the SHYBRID extractors, install SHYBRID: \n\n pip install shybrid\n\n"
     name = "shybrid"
 
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/spykingcircusextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/spykingcircusextractors.py
index af966cb823..7c3fb154fe 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/spykingcircusextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/spykingcircusextractors.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class SpykingCircusSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
         Loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "SpykingCircusSortingExtractor"
     installed = HAVE_H5PY  # check at class level if installed or not
     mode = "folder"
     installation_mesg = "To use the SpykingCircusSortingExtractor install h5py: \n\n pip install h5py\n\n"
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/tridesclousextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/tridesclousextractors.py
index 531af3d9da..8589f03fd4 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/tridesclousextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/tridesclousextractors.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class TridesclousSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
         Loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "TridesclousSortingExtractor"
     mode = "folder"
     installation_mesg = "To use the TridesclousSortingExtractor install tridesclous: \n\n pip install tridesclous\n\n"  # error message when not installed
     name = "tridesclous"
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/waveclussnippetstextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/waveclussnippetstextractors.py
index 56f66aec8a..7c26eee7bd 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/waveclussnippetstextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/waveclussnippetstextractors.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 
 class WaveClusSnippetsExtractor(MatlabHelper, BaseSnippets):
-    extractor_name = "WaveClusSnippetsExtractor"
     name = "waveclus"
 
     def __init__(self, file_path):
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/waveclustextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/waveclustextractors.py
index 02c668a902..844b1cc7cf 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/waveclustextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/waveclustextractors.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class WaveClusSortingExtractor(MatlabHelper, BaseSorting):
         Loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "WaveClusSortingExtractor"
     name = "waveclus"
 
     def __init__(self, file_path, keep_good_only=True):
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/yassextractors.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/yassextractors.py
index 729df81c65..61a49ccf01 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/yassextractors.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/yassextractors.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class YassSortingExtractor(BaseSorting):
         Loaded data.
     """
 
-    extractor_name = "YassExtractor"
     mode = "folder"
     installed = HAVE_YAML  # check at class level if installed or not
     installation_mesg = (