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Minecraft files & backups guides

Work with your server's files, keep backups you can restore, and bring a world or server over from another host.

All 12 files & backups guides

Files & Backups

Convert a Minecraft Bedrock world to Java

Convert a Bedrock world to Java Edition with Chunker on your computer, learn what it can't carry over and upload it to your Minecraft server with World Import.

Updated 26 Oct 20264 min read
Files & Backups

Convert Minecraft Spigot and Vanilla world folders

How Spigot, Paper and Vanilla store the Nether and End, how to rearrange the folders in the File Manager and what Minecraft 26.1 changed.

Updated 26 Oct 20264 min read
Files & Backups

Download your Aternos world and move it to a new server

Download your Minecraft world from Aternos, match its software and version on your new server, then import it with its Nether, End and plugins.

Updated 6 Nov 20267 min read
Files & Backups

Download your Minecraft world from Minehut

Download your Minecraft world, plugins and player lists from Minehut, then bring them onto your server here with the same software and version.

Updated 26 Oct 20266 min read
Files & Backups

How to manage your server files

Browse, edit and upload your server files in the File Manager, pack or unzip archives, and use SFTP for anything over the 100 MB browser upload limit.

Updated 4 Nov 20266 min read
Files & Backups

How to upload a singleplayer world to a Minecraft server

Turn a Java Edition singleplayer save into your Minecraft server world: zip it the right way, import it from the panel and keep a way back.

Updated 6 Nov 20266 min read
Files & Backups

Minecraft autosave versus backups

Minecraft autosave overwrites one copy while backups keep history. See what each protects, how to run save-all before a backup and a simple routine for both.

Updated 26 Oct 20263 min read
Files & Backups

Move a Realms world to your Minecraft server

Download a Java Realms world from Minecraft, zip the save and bring it onto your server with the World Import tab, with the version checks first.

Updated 26 Oct 20264 min read
Files & Backups

Play your Minecraft server world in singleplayer

Download your Minecraft server world from File Manager, sort out Paper's folder layout if you need to, and open it in singleplayer on a matching version.

Updated 26 Oct 20264 min read
Files & Backups

Reset or edit Minecraft chunks with Amulet

Download a copy of your world, delete chunks in Amulet Map Editor on your computer, then upload the edited world back to your Minecraft server.

Updated 26 Oct 20264 min read
Files & Backups

Reset the Minecraft Nether and the End

Reset the Nether, the End or both by deleting the right folder for your Minecraft version and server software, without touching the Overworld.

Updated 26 Oct 20263 min read
Files & Backups

Reset your Minecraft world and start fresh

Start a new Minecraft world by keeping the old folder or deleting it, choose the seed and type, and know what stays behind, such as plugin data.

Updated 26 Oct 20264 min read