I can't sync data for my worlds

IronPenguin_29 · Feb 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM

Hi so it started by saying minecraft couldn't sync my data and I needed more room on my xbox but we have loads of space left and now I can't open my worlds at all. I tried signing up for a free trial of realms so I can upload my world but it won't even let me open a realm. The xbox has been restarted, we've deleted the game and reinstalled it, we've deleted our less important world's, deleted local game data (as scary as that was!) and nothing works. I have 3 worlds left and cannot open any of them, my partner has 9 and he can open all but one world. I've tried speaking to minecraft who haven't been any help either

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Faline C

Hello IronPenguin29,

Sorry to hear you're dealing with this. It sounds really frustrating, especially after trying so many fixes! I'm an independent advisor here on the forums, here to help you find a solution.

What happens exactly when you try to open the worlds?

It could be a syncing issue with Xbox Live. You could try checking the Xbox status page for any service outages, switching to a different WiFi network, or signing out and back into your account to refresh the sync.

Xbox Status:

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live-status

If none of that makes a difference, I'd say it's some kind of account problem. I know that’s not ideal, but to confirm, you could create a new account and test whether you can start, save, exit, and reopen worlds on your installation. If the issue is tied to your account, you might be able to transfer the worlds over.

Let me know if anything helps!

Note: Just a friendly reminder that this is a public forum, I will try to get back to you as soon as possible.

HarryJackson5

I did those steps , reloaded minecraft & my world is showing up but when I click it , it says “ Failed to sync world data , the world is not fully synced .....”

What do I do now ?

Tadby

I have tried this but only a certain of worlds work but yet again it says.

Failed To Sync World Data

Could not sync your world data. Would you like to try again?

BennyTate

Hi thank you. I will try that. I'll try reset but keep games and apps first to see if that fixes my problem. Then I'll try more aggressive reset to factory.

if that doesn't work I'll just accept that the minecraft world is gone. I chatted with support 30 minutes ago and they say I probably had a corrupted file that synced to live and that is why I can't get my game world back because the saved data sync as
corrupted data.

But this reset to factory may clear out something that was keeping me from getting my game world. I'll give it a shot.

Thanks!

Benny

tangosmaster

Cant sync data for minecraft gets 99 percentage and a slow pace and then says cannot sync are there any ways 5o resolve the issue without deleting my worlds

I can't sync data for my worlds