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 restore a deleted world on phone or console
Unfortunately, there is no way to restore a deleted world in Minecraft PE or the console version of Minecraft (Bedrock Edition) if you don’t have t made a backup of Minecraft world folders. However, if the save file has simply been corrupted, the game will automatically attempt to recover and repair the file.
The safest option with any type of data is to make sure it is backed up to a separate location (or a few locations). Fortunately, backing up your Minecraft world is easy, and many applications (including Windows) will do this for you automatically if you take the time to set it up.
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:
How to restore a deleted Minecraft World on a Windows PC
Doing this on PC is super easy, more than you would have could have thought, and that’s a good thing. But as we stated above, you need to make sure that your game is backed up before you go any further, otherwise you will just waste your time. Follow these steps:
Check your save folder for backups
Windows comes with a useful backup feature called File History. You can use this feature to create regular backups of your files. If your Minecraft folder has been selected for backup, it is possible to restore previous versions of your Minecraft world or a folder containing your Minecraft worlds.
Note: For this method to work, File History must be set up before the deletion takes place.