How do I get my world back on Minecraft PC?

It doesn’t matter what game it is — if you lose a save file that has a lot of progress spent into it, you are likely to get quite frustrated. It never feels good to lose something you put so much effort into. This is true for Minecraft worlds, which are the game’s version of saved files, and all progress will be contained in these worlds. Start a new world, your progress resets. If you lose that world, there are many hours in front of you to get back to where you were before. Here is how to retrieve deleted Minecraft worlds.

To ensure you can easily retrieve Minecraft worlds, be sure to backup your worlds. In Bedrock Edition, select the pencil edit button next to the world in the main menu. Go to Game and scroll down to Copy World. That will ensure that you can always return to that copied version if your original file gets corrupted or deleted. For Java Edition, just simply copy the folder for the world in on either your PC or a drive.

If you did not create a backup version of your Minecraft world, things are a lot more complicated. Worlds are locally stored on your device, so if you wipe it from your console or PC, it can be challenging to get that back. If you are on PC, you can try the following process:

Unfortunately, if you have a mobile or console Minecraft world that you deleted without making a backup file, you will not be able to retrieve that world. If you have lost a world due to corrupted files, the game will automatically attempt to recover and fix them, so there is not entirely lost hope there.

How to Recover a Missing Minecraft World

Solutions to Restore Lost or Deleted Minecraft Worlds on Windows 10

Method 1

All your Minecraft worlds are saved on your hard drive. The catch is that they’re stored in a hidden folder in separate subfolders. So, in order to access the game saves, you need to first access the hidden Minecraft folder.

Step 1 – Go to Windows Start, type %appdata% and hit Enter

Step 2 – Navigate to roaming.minecraftsaves. Here you’ll find the folders where the game saved your worlds. Each world has its own individual folder.

Step 3 – Open the Minecraft world folder you want to restore

Step 4 – Right-click on an empty area and select Properties

Step 5 – Select the Previous version tab to list all the Minecraft world folders that got deleted

Step 6 – Select the folder you’re interested in and click Restore to recover it.

Step 7 – Launch Minecraft, click on the menu and the world you just restored should be visible there.

Method 2

Step 1 – Launch Minecraft, create a new world, save it and close the game

Step 2 – Open File Explorer and navigate to (C:)/Users/User/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe/LocalState/games/com.mojang/minecraftWorlds

Step 3 – You should now be able to see all the world folders stored in Minecraft Worlds

Step 4 – Open the new world folder you just created earlier, and open the db folder

Step 5 – Delete all the files and folders stored in the folder but not the db folder itself

Step 6 – Open your lost world folder, open the db folder, copy everything in the db folder

Step 7 -Navigate to your new world folder, and paste the contents of the old db folder into the new db folder

Step 8 -Launch Minecraft, go to Worlds, open the new world and and you should be able to access your old world. Basically, your new world becomes your old world.

How to Recover Lost Minecraft Worlds on Android

If you have a backup of the world, go ahead and restore it. The backup folder is available in your normal world selection. Simply select the backup of the world you lost and you’ll be able to bring it back.

Unfortunately, if you did not create a backup copy, then that world is gone forever and there’s no way to restore it.

How to Restore a Deleted World on PC

Recovering a deleted Minecraft world is only possible if you have backed up your save games (e.g., through File History and automatic backups on your Microsoft Windows PC). This is because when Minecraft deletes a file, it does so permanently, bypassing the recycling bin.

To recover your deleted world:

Open the start menu, type Run, and hit enter.

Type %appdata% and press Enter.

In the appdata folder, navigate to .minecraft.

Open the saves folder. The directory is UsersYourNameAppDataRoaming.minecraftsaves

In the saved games folder, right-click an empty area and select Properties. Alternatively, open File Explorer and select History from the Home tab in this folder.

Select the Previous Version tab.

You should hopefully see a list of deleted folders. Choose the folder that corresponds to your deleted world and hit Restore.

You should now be able to find your world next time you launch Minecraft.

Note: This method should work regardless of whether you play the Bedrock Edition or Java Edition.

FAQ

Can I recover deleted Minecraft worlds?

Where did my Minecraft world go?

How do I get my Minecraft game back?

1. Select the world which you have backed up.
2. Click on the ‘Edit’ button.
3. Navigate to the ‘Open Backups Folder’ button. …
4. Find the backup file for the world that you would like to restore. …
5. Go to your Minecraft ‘saves’ menu.
6. On Mac OS, this can be found in Library/Application Support/minecraft/saves.

How do I get my Minecraft worlds back after reset?

1. Step 1: Click on Win and type %appdata%, then press Enter.
2. Step 2: Navigate to the roaming. …
3. Step 3: Find and open the world you want to retrieve.
4. Step 4: Right-click on an empty space and click Properties.
5. Step 5: Select the Previous Version tab.