is it possible to move a save to a different 'character'

[Linaru]

so i decided to use console commands to rename my character for a duplicate save, in which i intend to follow a different faction and see how the story vary's

 

my characters name has changed, but in the save and load menu it still shows up under the old 'character category' ..old name

i was wandering if there was a way to fix this as i do not want to accidental save over the wrong file or delete my alternate named character?

[Brandy1123]

You can go out to your save game location, typically ...documents/my games/fallout4/saves

and rename your saved games. I honestly don't know why everyone does not a save a game just prior to exiting the vault on a clean character with no mods. Just rename it "Vanilla Start". Then, when you want a new start or a test character, you have it without all the intro.

 

You may have to scroll down to the bottom of your list to find the newly named saves when you load them. You can also set up folders to drop your older saved games in by character name. If you ever need to look at that character again, just copy it's most recent save back to the "saves" folder. Moving the old saves to folders periodically, drastically reduces all that file clutter.