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League of Legends on Mac: install, Config and replays

Updated 2026-10-28 · 6 min read

League of Legends keeps the game, its settings and most of its logs inside its own app package, plus a shared Riot Games folder. Here are the paths from Riot's own Mac articles, how to reset settings the way Riot describes, and where to look for replays.

The locations

Two folders hold League of Legends on a Mac:

/Applications/League of Legends.app
/Users/Shared/Riot Games

The first is the game. Its data is inside the app package, in Contents/LoL, and the settings folder is Contents/LoL/Config. The second is Riot's shared folder, outside your own home folder. Riot's reinstall instructions for the Mac name exactly these two: drag League of Legends out of /Applications, then remove the Riot Games folder from Macintosh HD/Users/Shared.

In Finder, press ⇧⌘G (Go > Go to Folder), type /Users/Shared and press Return to see the second. To open the package for the first, Control-click League of Legends in Applications and choose Show Package Contents, then open Contents and LoL. From Terminal:

open "/Applications/League of Legends.app/Contents/LoL"

Settings: the Config folder

Riot's support pages put the settings in Contents > LoL > Config inside the app, and Riot's Mac logs article lists that folder as the home of the game's .cfg and .ini configuration files:

/Applications/League of Legends.app/Contents/LoL/Config

On Windows this folder holds game.cfg and PersistedSettings.json, and the Mac folder is expected to hold the same names. List yours to check:

ls -la "/Applications/League of Legends.app/Contents/LoL/Config"

Riot has stored in-game settings and keybindings on its servers per account since patch 5.22, so most of what you configure follows your account to another computer. The local Config folder is what Riot tells you to delete when settings misbehave: the client builds a new one.

Resetting your settings, Riot's way

Riot's steps for the Mac keep the client open and signed in:

1. Launch League of Legends and log in.
2. In Applications, Control-click the League icon and choose Show Package Contents.
3. Open Contents > LoL.
4. Delete the Config folder.
5. Return to the client and start a custom game, which generates a new Config folder.

Do this from the client, not during a match. Instead of deleting Config, you can drag it to your Desktop, which has the same effect for the game and lets you put it back. Riot's page warns that this removes any in-game or client settings you chose and returns them to defaults. Remove only Config, never Contents or LoL, which hold the game itself.

Riot spells the package folder LOL in one place and LoL in another. A Mac disk is case-insensitive by default, so both open the same folder; use whatever you see in Finder.

Logs

Riot's "Network, System and Logs (Mac)" article lists where its support team looks:

Log	Where Riot says it is
Riot Client logs	~/Library/Logs/Riot Games
Game and network logs (..._netlog.txt, one per match)	Inside the package: Contents/LoL/Logs (the article names a GameLogs folder)
League client logs (LeagueClient, LeagueClientUx and others)	Contents/LoL/Logs/LeagueClient Logs inside the package

To see the names without opening anything:

ls "/Applications/League of Legends.app/Contents/LoL/Logs"
ls ~/Library/Logs/Riot\ Games

Riot's instructions are to copy the folder you need to your Desktop, compress it and attach it to a support ticket, and they note that support usually needs only one or two files. Logs can include account and connection details, so do not post them publicly.

Replays and highlights

League's replays use the .rofl extension and play only inside the League client. The commonly cited Windows default is Documents\League of Legends\Replays; Riot does not publish a Mac default that could be found for this guide, and guides that give ~/Documents/League of Legends/Replays are third-party. Guides point to the replays section of the client's settings, which shows the folder in use on your computer; copy the path from there.

Highlights the client records are ordinary video files, which community guides describe as WebM. On the Mac used for this guide, QuickTime Player does not list WebM among the formats it opens, while VLC and Chrome do, so use one of those to watch them.

What the Riot Games folder is

/Users/Shared/Riot Games sits outside your home folder because every account on the Mac can use it. Riot's page treats it as part of the install: it names the folder in the uninstall steps and gives no other reason to open it. Riot does not cover moving it, so leave it where it is. To see what it holds, ls -la "/Users/Shared/Riot Games" lists names and sizes and changes nothing.

Uninstalling and reinstalling

Most of the space is inside the app package and the Riot Games folder. Riot's uninstall steps: drag League of Legends from Applications to the Trash, press ⇧⌘C in Finder, go to Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/Riot Games, drag that folder to the Trash too, then empty the Trash. Quit the client before you start. A reinstall keeps your account, ranks and server-stored settings; replays and highlights are local, so copy any you want to keep first.

Moving to a new Mac

Nothing needs copying for the game itself. Download the client from Riot, drag it to Applications (Riot warns against running it from the disk image window), sign in, and your account-bound settings load from Riot's servers. Copy replay files and highlight videos separately.

Why a search misses it

The game's real files are inside an app package, which Finder treats as a single icon, and /Users/Shared is not part of your home folder. A normal Finder search for PersistedSettings or game.cfg finds neither.

Finding the files again

Typing game.cfg or netlog into Everywhere lists the settings file or the per-match network logs with their full paths, even though they sit inside the app package. Searching .rofl collects replays wherever they ended up; replays in Documents appear once Everywhere has Full Disk Access. Press ⌘↵ to reveal one in Finder. Everywhere searches file names only, not the data inside a replay.

Common questions

Where is League of Legends installed on Mac?

As /Applications/League of Legends.app, with its data in Contents/LoL inside the package, plus a Riot Games folder in /Users/Shared.

Where is the League of Legends Config folder on Mac?

At /Applications/League of Legends.app/Contents/LoL/Config. Riot's reset steps have you log in to the client, delete that folder, then start a custom game to recreate it.

Where are League of Legends logs on Mac?

Riot lists Riot Client logs in ~/Library/Logs/Riot Games and the game and client logs inside the app package under Contents/LoL/Logs.

Where are League of Legends replays saved on Mac?

Riot does not publish a Mac default that could be found; the commonly cited Windows default is Documents\League of Legends\Replays. The replays section of the client's settings shows the folder in use on your Mac.