Tutorial:Importing and exporting worlds

Minecraft worlds can be shared as archives such as zip in Java Edition, as files ending in .mcworld or .mctemplate or sold on the Marketplace in Bedrock Edition. The version's formats are different but convertible through apps such as Chunker.

Worlds are usually shared as archives such as zip and have to be unpacked.

When using the default Minecraft Launcher, go to Installations, hover over your profile and click the folder icon. Alternative launchers often offer a similar option to open the game's directory.

Alternatively, the game's folder can also be opened manually.

• On Windows, press  + , paste %appdata%\.minecraft and press .
• On Mac, open Finder, press  +  + , paste ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft and press .
• On Linux, make sure hidden folders are visible and open the 👁 File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft
   .minecraft folder in your home directory.

If you have configured your profile to use a separate folder in the launcher, you will have to open that folder.

Then locate and enter the 👁 File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft
 saves folder, take the unpacked folder and move it into this 👁 File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft
 saves folder. When opening the Singleplayer screen, the downloaded world should now appear in your list of worlds.

If the file ends in .mcworld or .mctemplate, you can simply open it in Minecraft, usually by double clicking it.

When it's an archive such as zip, unpack it and manually open the game's folder.

• On Windows, press  + , paste %appdata%\Minecraft Bedrock\Users and press . Then open the folder with your user ID and go to 👁 File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft
   game\com.mojang\minecraftWorlds.
• On iOS or iPadOS, open the Files app, select On My iPhone or On My iPad and open 👁 File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft
   Minecraft/games/com.mojang/minecraftWorlds.
• On Android, open your files, go to 👁 File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft
   /data/user, select the folder with your user ID and go to 👁 File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft
   com.mojang.minecraftpe/games/com.mojang/minecraftWorlds.

Then take the unpacked folder and move it into this 👁 File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft
 minecraftWorlds folder. When opening the Singleplayer screen, the downloaded world should now appear in your list of worlds.

Use the same process as described in importing maps for opening your 👁 File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft
 saves folder. Then locate the folder containing your world (it will have the name that you gave the world when you initially created it, as shown in the in-game list of your worlds in gray below the world's name).

Before sharing your map, you should clean its files to decrease the final world size. After that, the world's folder can be converted to an archive such as zip and the archive can be shared.

• On Windows, select the world you want to export, click the Export World button at the bottom and select a target folder in the appearing menu. This folder should now contain a file ending in .mcworld, which you can share with others.
• On iOS or iPadOS, make sure that you last played the world you want to export. Then open the Files app, select On My iPhone or On My iPad and open 👁 File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft
   Minecraft/games/com.mojang/minecraftWorlds. Now set the sorting order to newest first, open the first folder and verify that it's the correct one by checking the 👁 File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft
   levelname file. Finally select all of it's contents, compress them and rename the resulting zip archive to world name.mcworld. You can now share this file with others.
• On Android, make sure that you last played the world you want to export. Then open your files, go to 👁 File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft
   /data/user, select the folder with your user ID and go to 👁 File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft
   com.mojang.minecraftpe/games/com.mojang/minecraftWorlds. Now set the sorting order to newest first, open the first folder and verify that it's the correct one by checking the 👁 File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft
   levelname file. Finally select all of it's contents, compress them and rename the resulting zip archive to world name.mcworld. You can now share this file with others.

The 👁 File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft
 session.lock and 👁 File file.png: Sprite image for file in Minecraft
 level.dat_old files and the 👁 File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft
 poi folder can be safely deleted from a world's files.

Unless other players loading the world should receive your inventory, go through the world's folder and delete the 👁 File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft
 advancements, 👁 File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft
 playerdata and 👁 File directory.png: Sprite image for directory in Minecraft
 stats folders.

If the world includes a custom resource or data pack, make sure there are no texture or other files left in them that aren't used.