Football Manager 26 stores its save files at %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 26\games on Windows. Checkpoint64 already knows this folder — it backs it up automatically and keeps earlier versions, so a corrupted or overwritten save is one click from restored.
Where Football Manager 26 saves are stored
- Windows —
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 26\games
or%LOCALAPPDATA%\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 26\cloud - macOS —
~/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 26/games
or~/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 26/cloud
Where two locations are listed, which one is in use depends on the install (Checkpoint64 checks them in order and uses the first that exists).
How to open the save folder
- Windows — press Win+R, paste
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 26\games, and press Enter. - macOS — in Finder press Cmd+Shift+G (Go to Folder) and paste
~/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 26/games.
Backing up Football Manager 26 saves automatically
- Install Checkpoint64 (free) and pick Football Manager 26 — the save path above is already preset.
- Auto-backup watches the folder and uploads a new version whenever it changes, keeping full history.
- Restore any version in one click if a save corrupts, gets overwritten, or a mod breaks it.