In games, losing something you’ve been working on for hours, days, weeks, months, or even years is undeniably frustrating.
Minecraft is one of those games. Mojang’s sandbox title allows players to develop worlds for quite some time. Not only do these contain someone’s overall progress in the game, but this is where all of their blood, sweat, tears and effort is stored. And it would really hurt if a Minecraft player lost their created world.
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How to recover lost Minecraft worlds on Android
If you have a world backup, go ahead and restore it. The backup folder is available in the normal world selection. Simply select the world backup you lost and you will be able to bring it back.
Unfortunately, if you haven’t created a backup copy, that world is gone forever and there’s no way to restore it.
How to recover a deleted Minecraft world
To make sure you can recover your Minecraft worlds easily, make sure you back up 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. This will ensure that you can always go back to that copied version if your original file becomes damaged or deleted. For Java Edition, simply copy the folder for the world to your PC or drive.
If you haven’t created a backup version of your Minecraft world, things are much more complicated. Worlds are stored locally on your device, so if you delete them from your console or PC, they can be difficult to recover. If you are on PC, you can try the following process:
What to do when your Minecraft world is deleted
One of the problems with this particular question is that over the past nine years , Minecraft has gone through countless releases and spin-offs, and the original building-focused version of the game ported to every hardware platform that couldn’t get away with it fast enough.
Trying to get an answer from the internet to even a seemingly simple Minecraft question can mean wading through years of outdated, irrelevant, or counterintuitive information.
Restore your Minecraft world
- Next, click on the Previous Versions tab.
- You should now see a list of deleted folders.
- Choose the folder that refers to your deleted Minecraft world.
- Finally, press the Reset button.