Can I restore an incorrectly saved world on Minecraft: Bedrock on the Xbox?

TSARMOLOD · Jan 26, 2025

So, this is kind of dumb. Today, while playing the new 1.21 update for a while with friends on the Xbox, I exited the world and it took forever to save. After about fifteen minutes, we decided to exit out of Minecraft, even though the warning told us not to, thinking that it had finished saving and some sort of bug was occurring. We returned to Minecraft to find hours of our save data had vanished, even though the game autosaves every so often. Is it possible at all to access the autosaves so we can get back into the world around where we left off, or really any advice on restoring the world? Or am I asking a question that cannot be answered?

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Annanda Martins

This is automatic when you open the game. You truly cannot manage the saves manually. If the save was lost, and the system did not automatically put it back when you turned it back on, it most likely the save on the cloud was not the one you were looking for.

On this link, you can check how to force the cloud save on your game, but it is not recommended if you do not know if your saves were automatically being uploaded:

https://help.minecraft.net/hc/articles/15518925987981

" Press the Home button on your Xbox controller.

Navigate to the My games & apps option.

Select See All.

Navigate to either Minecraft, Minecraft Dungeons or Minecraft Legends in your games list.

Press the Select button to open the Manage Game menu.

Scroll to the Saved data option.

Select your profile and choose Delete from the console to delete your local save.

Launch Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, Minecraft Legends, or Minecraft Dungeons, and your Xbox will sync with the cloud, downloading the latest version of your save. "

Annanda Martins

Hi, my name is Annanda, thank you for your question and for reaching out.

The only way that this could be retrievable is if there was a save on the cloud with this progress, okay? If there is none, or it is older than this save file you need, then truly there is nothing that can be done.

https://support.xbox.com/help/games-apps/game-setup-and-play/cloud-game-saves-faq

I hope I was able to answer your questions! Please, if you have any other doubts, we are here to help.

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Best Regards, Annanda.

Annanda Martins

I am really sorry this has hapenned to you. I hope you can still enjoy playing it with your friends.

I hope I was able to answer your questions! Please, if you have any other doubts, we are here to help.

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Best Regards, Annanda.

TSARMOLOD

It appears to be permanently gone, unfortunately. Thank you for attempting to fix my problem.

TSARMOLOD

I apologize for having to reply again, but I am not any kind of techie and have no idea how to access my cloud saves. I have searched through the FAQ you sent me and through other various articles on the topic, but none give me any instruction to what I believe I am trying to find. Could you give me step by step instructions on finding out if there is progress in the cloud?

Can I restore an incorrectly saved world on Minecraft: Bedrock on the Xbox?