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Minecraft World Management Guide

Minecraft Guide • Updated May 21, 2026

Managing Worlds (Upload/Download)

How to move single-player worlds to your server and back.

Uploading a World

  1. Locate your save folder on PC (%appdata%/.minecraft/saves).
  2. Rename the folder to world (or matches your `level-name` in server.properties).
  3. Stop the server.
  4. Delete the existing world, world_nether, and world_the_end folders on the server.
  5. Upload your local folder.
  6. Start the server.

Multiple Worlds

To run multiple worlds on one server (e.g. a separate Creative world), use a plugin like Multiverse-Core.

/mv create creative_world NORMAL /mv tp creative_world

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