Xbox One Minecraft issue restoring old worlds

Got it. If your Minecraft world has disappeared on your Xbox Series S, try the following solutions:

1. Sync Old Worlds:

Launch Minecraft on your Xbox, navigate to the "Play" menu, and find and select the "Sync Old Worlds" option.

2. Restore Saved Data:

From the Xbox menu, go to "Manage Game" and then "Saved Data".

Select the Minecraft game and delete the saved data for this console only.

Uninstall and reinstall the game.

3. Check Backups:

If you have previously backed up your world, try restoring them.

4. Check Saves Folder:

Check if your world folder still exists in the "saves" folder in your Windows user directory.

If you find the folder, try loading the world directly from your computer.

Hello Aubrey__,

Thank you for posting in the Microsoft Community.

Yes. If you purchase Realms Plus, you can access all the packs, your personal server, and storage from any device with Minecraft Marketplace if you’re signed into your Minecraft: Bedrock Edition account.  

You can restore your old Minecraft worlds if you had them saved to your Xbox/Microsoft account. To do this, you need to make sure that you are signed in to the same Xbox/Microsoft account on your new tablet that you used to save your old Minecraft worlds. Once you are signed in, open Minecraft Bedrock and go to the "Play" tab. From there, select "Sync Old Worlds" and you should see a list of your previously saved worlds. Simply select the world you want to restore and it should download and be available to play on your new tablet.

Please see: Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Realms Creation FAQ | Minecraft Help

If you are having issues with this process please open a ticket here: Contact Us | Minecraft Help

Hello Kushaj,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

We understand that you're experiencing issues with your Minecraft Bedrock world. One possible solution is to try restoring the world from a backup. If you have a backup of your world, you can try restoring it.

However, if you don't have a backup of your world, we recommend you try to fix the corrupted world save. For the steps, look for HOW TO FIX A CORRUPTED WORLD SAVE part on this game support article: Managing Data and Game Storage in Minecraft: Bedrock Edition | Minecraft Help.

As this issue is no longer related to Xbox. We hope that the steps and instructions from the Minecraft Support Article could help you with this issue. Otherwise, you may need to recreate your world.

Sincerely,



Microsoft Community Moderator

Are you talking about a Minecraft world? Also, what version [Xbox one(the old one) or bedrock (the latest one with cross platform)]?. Usually if you're connected to Xbox live, all worlds sync up to the cloud, if you're playing on Minecraft Bedrock edition,
when you click play, there should be an option at the bottom to sync old worlds.

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.