How do I get my world back?

I was playing Minecraft Tuesday night and all was good. I turned on my Xbox 360 to play on Wednesday morning and there was an update you had to do before playing, and it would log you out (basically would not let you play until you did the update). After the update went through the icon for my world is there to play but when you go to it and get in there all my work is gone and it is a brand new place. What happened? Can I fix it?

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Best Answer

This is a dupe question, but in short, unless you have made a backup copy of your world to a USB stick or the cloud service, your world is gone.

This appears to be a common (but seemingly random) problem after many of the Minecraft updates. The only cases where I've read of people recovering their world is if they had a back up and they roll-back the update. Restore the backup and try the update again.

Sorry for the bad news.

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Quick Answer about "How do I get my world back?"

Step 1 – Go to Windows Start, type %appdata% and hit Enter.

Step 2 – Navigate to \roaming. ...

Step 3 – Open the Minecraft world folder you want to restore.

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

How can I recover my lost world?

How to Recover Deleted Minecraft Worlds without Backup

Step 1: Click on Win and type %appdata%, then press Enter.

Step 2: Navigate to the \\roaming. ...

Step 3: Find and open the world you want to retrieve.

Step 4: Right-click on an empty space and click Properties.

Step 5: Select the Previous Version tab.

How do I get my worlds back in Minecraft?

You should see the list of deleted Minecraft world folders. Choose a folder from the list and click on the Restore option. This will recover the deleted folder. Now you can go back to Minecraft, and you will find your deleted world back in the game's menu.

How do you backup your world?

How to Create Minecraft Backups in Windows

Open your Minecraft Worlds game, click Play button.

Locate the Minecraft you want to backup, click the pen icon next to the world.

Scroll down to the bottom, select Copy World or Export World.

And navigate a location to save the Minecraft world.

Where did my Minecraft world go?

On PC/Mac versions of Minecraft, you only need to copy your world folders somewhere else, such as to an external drive or another folder on the same computer. On Windows 10, you can find your local Minecraft saves at C:\\Users\\(your username)\\AppData\\Local\\Packages\\Microsoft.

HOW TO GET YOUR MINECRAFT WORLDS BACK AFTER LOSING THEM! Windows 10 edition tutorial.

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