Where League keeps replay (.rofl) files — and how to manage them

On Windows, replays live in Documents > League of Legends > Replays. On Mac it's the equivalent path under your user's Documents folder. If you changed the download directory in the client, the files are wherever you pointed it.

You can check and change the path in the client: Settings > Replays > download directory.

Files are named after the region and game ID, like KR-8321953519.rofl. Copy the game ID from the client's match history, paste it into the folder's search box, and only that game comes up.

That is much faster than sorting by date, especially when you played five in-houses back to back and every file has almost the same timestamp.

• Nobody downloaded the replay — it only saves when you press the button.
• The client was pointed at another folder — check the settings above.
• Replays expire after a while on Riot's side, so old games can no longer be downloaded.

If the replay is gone, the game is gone. The habit that fixes this is downloading right after the last game of the night, while everyone is still in the lobby.

Most browsers remember the last folder you opened in a file picker. Open the Replays folder once and the next upload starts there — no more clicking through Documents every time.