how to retrive the worlds created in one account?
hi,
my son had an account which no longer works (yes I've got in touch with the administrator and IT guys: they say it should work, but it doesn't!). he has created a lot of worlds there.
I just opened a commercial account, it works, but how can I retrieve the worlds created by my son? is it possible to merge the two accounts? any other way?
thanks a lot on behalf of my little worlds builder
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Hi Luca,
The worlds are not saved to the account but rather saved on the device itself.
If you changed accounts but are using the same device the worlds should still be accessible. There is a chance that the worlds are deleted when the game updates, but otherwise the files should remain on the original device.0 -
Is the new account you opened specifically in Minecraft: Education Edition and not Bedrock or Java? And are you using the same device your son used when he was creating the worlds?
Minecraft worlds are stored locally on the device you're using -- your login just makes you able to access the software, so if you're on the same device and you didn't uninstall Minecraft in between, they should still be there. (For example, I often have to switch between logins for the different organizations I work for while on this computer, but no matter which account I'm using, I still have access to the same worlds in the View My Worlds section).
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I'm so sorry to hear that you can't access those worlds. Minecraft: Education Edition worlds are stored locally on your device and on a PC, you may still be able to find the world files here:
C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Minecraft Education Edition\games\com.mojang\minecraftWorlds
If you are on another platform, try searching "com.mojang"
The tricky part of this is that the world folders are listed with a "GUID", which is a series of letters and numbers that don't correlate to the world name that you'd recognize. Here what I would suggest finding the world and see if you can still open it:
- sort the minecraftWorlds folder by date and try to pinpoint the time you were last in the world
- open the folder that has a date/time close to the last time you were in the world
- open the file called "levelname.txt" in a text editor to see the name of the world. If it's the world you are looking for, close the file and move to the next step
- copy the entire folder for this world to your desktop, or another convenient location
- open the folder in this new location, select all of the files in the directory, right click and then select "Send to Compressed (zipped) folder"
- A new file with extension ".zip" will show up in this folder. Move this .zip file to the desktop, or another convenient location
- Rename the .zip file to "[WORLDNAME].mcworld" - WORLDNAME is a name you choose that is recognizable to you
- Double click on this file, and Minecraft: Education Edition will launch
- If you get an error about the import process, send us the [WORLDNAME].mcworld file. Our support team can take a look and let you know if we are able to recover it.
It's a great idea to export and save your worlds after every session to prevent this issue from occurring.
Let us know if you have any more questions.
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