# Backup Save Location

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/backup-save-location/83127>\
**Category:** LayOut\
**Created:** [December 10, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/backup-save-location/83127 "2018-12-10T13:57:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![huge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@huge](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/huge)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/backup-save-location/83127/1 "2018-12-10T13:57:20Z")

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Is it possible to change this? Doing my head in having all these “Backup of…” files lying around

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**Author:** ![MikeWayzovski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/mikewayzovski/32/98346_2.png) [@MikeWayzovski](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/MikeWayzovski)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/backup-save-location/83127/2 "2018-12-10T18:40:31Z")

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Are they called “Backup of…”?  
In General, if you open a file and if set in the Preferences, SketchUp creates a backup file upon opening a file in the same directory as were the file resides.  
In Windows, it will get a .SKB extension, on Mac, a tilde (~) is added to the original file’s name just before the extension.  
I believe you’re on a Mac. You can have an Automator workflow set up that moves the backup files to a specific folder, or untick the feature in SketchUp-\>Preferences-\>General

I had an Automator workflow to create consistent folder setup for Projects, these are real time savers

Edit: I did not noticed it was in the LayOut category  
LayOut backup files are called:  
“Backup of … .layout”  
On both Programs the preceding applies.