How do you change Minecraft versions?

One of the best things that gamers love the most about the Minecraft world is the thousands of customization options that this game offers.

Lots of new features, mods, servers and worlds are waiting for players all over the world.

Even if this game has been around well over a decade now, its popularity doesn’t seem to stop.

So, if you are one of those users that take the Minecraft experience one step beyond, then you’ll for sure want to know how to change the version of Minecraft.

Worry not – in this new article on our site, we are going to provide you with the information you are looking for about:

1. 1.) Click “New Profile” at the bottom left corner of the Minecraft Launcher.
2. 2.) Look for “Use version:” and select the Minecraft version you want to use from the dropdown menu next to it.
3. 3.) Pick a profile name and click Save Profile.

How to Change your Version of Minecraft (Java Edition)

Changing Your Minecraft Version Number

If all you need to do is change the version number, the process for doing so is very simple. We’re going to start off by highlighting that process so those of you popping into the tutorial for a quick fix can get that fix and get back to playing, We’d encourage you, however, to read over the next section “Using Profiles” to isolate and protect your world saves as well as make your life a little more convenient.

In order to change your Minecraft version number, run the launcher and log into your Minecraft account. On the main launcher screen press the “Edit Profile” button located under your profile name in the lower left corner.

Inside the profile editor, changing your version number is as simple and using a drop down menu.

In the “Version Selection” box, midway down the Profile Editor screen, activate the dropdown menu “Use version” and select the version you wish to use. After making your selection click “Save Profile.”

If your only goal is to change the version number for your primary profile then you’re all set. If you’d like to make using different version numbers very convenient as well as keeping your worlds separated by Minecraft version number, you need to take advantage of the profile system. Let’s take a look at it now.

The profile system in the Minecraft launcher is a very handy way to both make your Minecraft experience easier as well as keep your Minecraft words isolated from each other based on version number (and, if you’ve modded your client, based on mods too).

The two significant things to focus on when using profiles are the version number (which we covered in the last section) and the Game Directory (which is where the game data is stored). Most people never use the profile system and if they do they almost never change the default game directory. This is problematic as it puts all your world saves in the same directory (including worlds made with old and/or modded versions of Minecraft). That’s pretty much a recipe for disaster as you can corrupt your worlds and cause other problems by opening them with the wrong version of Minecraft.

To easily prevent that, we’re going to create some profiles to divide up the version numbers and change the default game data directory for each profile. While this does, technically, incur a bit of diskspace overhead (around 100-130MB per profile) it’s more than worth it in terms of keeping your world saves isolated and such.

Why Adjust the Version and Use Profiles?

By default the Minecraft launcher has one profile. This profile is named after your Minecraft username and it automatically updates to the most current version of Minecraft without any intervention your behalf. For many players that’s just fine because they always want the most current version, they play by themselves on their computer (with no multiplayer), and/or they don’t mod.

For other players, however, managing your version number (and creating separate profiles for different purposes) is an important component of the Minecraft experience. Here are but a few examples of why you might need or want to manage your version number.

If you want to preserve an older world you created without risking that world experiencing corruption or update problems when you move to a newer version of Minecraft, you’ll need to lock the profile to the older version.

If you play online most multiplayer servers typically don’t immediately update to the most current version as it is a huge headache for server owners to perform major updates. Mincraft 1.8 has been out for nearly three months as of this tutorial, for example, but the majority of multiplayer servers are still running 1.7.*.

On the opposite side of the gameplay spectrum, if you want to test out the bleeding edge features of the new experimental releases you’ll want to set up a profile for the most current “snapshot” builds so you can try out features that may take months (or longer) to reach the public release build.

Further, you can make all the above (and more) radically more convenient by using the simple profile system built into the Minecraft launcher to make it easy to select the version you want for the task at hand as well as (and this part is enormously handy) isolate your world saves to protect them from corruption.

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FAQ

Can you swap Minecraft versions?

How do you change Java version on Minecraft?

1. Open your launcher and navigate to the Installations tab.
2. Click New Installation.
3. Name the installation and select the version that you would like to play. …
4. Select the Version List in the bottom left and choose the version of your choice.
5. Click Play.

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