How to restore a Minecraft World, but with no previous version Restore button

How to recover missing Minecraft world:

1. Click the start button and search %appdata%.
2. Find and enter the .minecraft folder.
3. Find the saves folder and right-click it, there should be an option called restore previous versions.

Since the PC was wiped, all locally saved files are gone, so even if you have the Windows 10 version of Minecraft, "restoring previous version" wouldn't work since there is no previous version to restore. (However this could be a solution if you had just
deleted the world and not have wiped the whole PC). Sorry, the world is gone.

Hi there! This is Virginia O.

I understand that you are experiencing issues with your Minecraft world that disappeared.

I apologize for the inconvenienced this has caused you. I will do my best to help you.

If your Minecraft world disappeared, first check for backups or previous versions, then please restore the world manually by navigating to the saves folder and copying the world folder.

If you have backups enabled (either manually or through a cloud service), look for the most recent backup and restore it.

And then system restore (Windows). To do this, right-click on the saves folder or the specific world folder.

Select "Restore previous versions" to recover an earlier version of the folder.

Next is to check the Saves Folder by navigating to the saves folder on your device. For Windows, go to %appdata%\.minecraft\saves.

See if your world folder is still there. If it is, there might have been a corruption issue.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Did you lose your worlds and achievements as well? Before you uninstalled the game, did you backup your Worlds?

Please attempt the following to recover missing Minecraft world:

1. Click the start button and search %appdata%.
   
2. Find and enter the .minecraft folder.
   
3. Find the saves folder and right-click it, there should be an option called restore previous versions.
   

Hello Vladislav, My name is Jesse. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

Usually all Minecraft worlds you own are saved locally on your PC's hard drive. However, they are well hidden in separate folders and subfolders. So to get access to your your lost worlds, you'll first need to to into the Minecraft hidden folder.

Here are the steps to guide you;

1 – Navigate to Windows Start, type %appdata% and hit Enter

2 – Go to \roaming.minecraft\saves. Here you’ll find the folders where the game saved your worlds. Note that each of your worlds are stored in separate folders.

3 – Open up the folder for the world you want to restore

4 – Right-click on an empty area and select Properties

5 – Select the Previous version tab to list all the Minecraft world folders that got deleted

6 – Select the folder you’re want to restore and click Restore to recover it.

7 – Launch Minecraft, click on the menu and you should see the world you just restored on there.