Download your world or files

How do I download my world?

Stop the server, then download the world folder as a zip from Files, or with SFTP for big worlds.

Before you start: Enough free space on your PC for the world.

Step by step

1. Run save-all in the console, then press Stop so the world is fully written to disk.
2. In Files, tick the world folders (world, world_nether, world_the_end, or your level-name) and choose Archive/Compress.
3. Download the zip that appears next to the folders by clicking it and choosing Download.
4. For worlds over a few GB, use SFTP (FileZilla) and drag the folders to your PC instead; it resumes if the connection drops.
5. Or download a backup from the Backups tab, which is already a single archive of the whole server.
6. To play it in singleplayer, unzip it into .minecraft/saves. Move world_nether into world as DIM-1 and world_the_end as DIM1 for the other dimensions.
7. Delete the zip from the server afterwards to free disk space.

Check it worked: You have a zip that opens in singleplayer.

Why it happens: Downloading while the server runs can give a half-saved copy.

More guides on Files, worlds, and uploads:

• Upload your own world
• Uploading large files or zip files
• Edit files in the browser, and undo a broken edit
• Disk full: see what uses space
• Run several worlds on one server
• Update or downgrade a world's Minecraft version