Where Are Minecraft Worlds Saved? How To Find The Save Location?

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Minecraft is a sandbox video game developed by Mojang. Some gamers wonder “where are Minecraft worlds saved on their PC”? This post from MiniTool introduces the answers for you and tells you how to find the Minecraft save location on Windows/Mac/Linux.

Quick Navigation :

• Where Are Minecraft Worlds Saved?
• How to Find Minecraft Save Location on Windows/Mac/Linux
• How to Recover the Deleted Minecraft World
• Final Words

There are many Minecraft games on the Internet that you can download, unzip, and play on your local computer without joining or setting up a server. You need to know how to access your saved games, however, Minecraft doesn’t place these folders where you expect them to be, such as your documents folder.

Where are Minecraft worlds saved? There are two different versions of the Minecraft game, Java Edition and Bedrock Edition. The two versions of Minecraft Worlds are stored in different locations. Besides, the location of Minecraft on Windows and Mac is also different.

Now, let’s see how to find the Minecraft save location.

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Where Are Minecraft Worlds Saved?

Java Edition

In Java Edition, Minecraft Worlds are saved in the .minecraft\saves folder. When you open this folder, you will find that each Minecraft World has a separate folder. In addition to worlds, the .minecraft folder contains other files, including .jar files, sounds, music, personal options, resource packs, and more.

In Minecraft Worlds Java Edition, each dimension has its own poi, data and region folders.

Bedrock Edition

In Bedrock Edition, each Minecraft World has its own separate folder and is located at games/com.mojang/minecraftworlds on Windows 11/10. Chunks files for all dimensions are located in the db1 folder.

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How to Find Minecraft Save Location on Windows/Mac/Linux

Then, let’s see how to find Minecraft save location on Windows/Mac/Linux.

Windows

Your saved Minecraft games are stored in the AppData folder on Windows 10/11. It is usually located in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft. Here’s how to access the Minecraft saved game folder on Windows 10/11:

Step 1: Press the Windows + R keys at the same time to open the Run dialogue box.

Step 2: Copy and paste the command – %appdata%\.minecraft and click the OK button. Then, you can access the Minecraft saved game folder on Windows 10/11.

Mac

Your saved game folder is located in the Library/Application Support directory inside your user folder on Mac. It is usually located in /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/minecraft. You can copy and paste ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft into the Spotlight search window and press the Enter key to aceess the folder.

Linux

Your saved game folder is stored in the .minecraft directory inside your user folder on Linux. It is usually located in /home/<username>/.minecraft.

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How to Recover the Deleted Minecraft World

To recover a deleted Minecraft World, follow the instructions below:

Step 1: Open the .minecraft\saves folder. There, you will find the folders of the worlds that you have created in Minecraft.

Step 2: Now, right-click the World folder that you want to recover to select Properties.

Step 3: Then, click the Previous versions tab. It should display all the previous versions of Minecraft World. Select the world from the list and click Restore.

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Final Words

Where are Minecraft worlds saved? How to find Minecraft save location on Windows/Mac/Linux? I believe that now you have found the answers in this post.

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Having been an editor at MiniTool since graduating college as an English major, Daisy specializes in writing about data backups, disk cloning, and file syncing as well as general computer knowledge and issues. In her free time, Daisy enjoys running and going with friends to the amusement park.

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