How to Transfer Minecraft Worlds to another Device

Last Updated on 14 July, 2023

How to Transfer Minecraft Worlds to another Device – Minecraft Real method and iOS iCloud method – the two methods that will help you to transfer your worlds

How to Transfer Minecraft Worlds to another Device – Using a Realm method

This method requires an active Minecraft Realm and you must use the same edition of Minecraft.

These are the steps to transfer your world using a Realm:

1. From the first device, click the pen icon next to your Realm from the Realms list
2. Click Replace World and confirm.
3. Choose the world you want to transfer.
4. Wait for the upload and then click Let’s go!
5. Open Minecraft from the second device and click the pen icon next to your Realm from the Realms
6. Click Download World.
7. Wait for the download and then click Let’s go!

How to Transfer Minecraft Worlds to another Device – iOS iCloud method

These are the steps to transfer your world using an Apple iPad:

1. Open the Files app on the old iPad.
2. Under Browse, tap On My iPad.
3. Tap Minecraft.
4. Tap the Games folder.
5. Then Tap the com.mojang folder.
6. Locate the file named minecraftWorlds. This has all your worlds in it.
7. Press and hold to open the menu.
8. Tap Save to Files.
9. Locate your iCloud drive and save the world file to the iCloud Drive folders where you want to store it.
10. Click Save.
11. On the iPad, open the Files app
12. On the Browse screen, go to iCloud Drive
13. Tap the folder where you saved the minecraftWorlds folder
14. Press and hold the minecraftWorlds folder and on the menu
15. click Copy
16. Tap iCloud Drive at the top next to Downloads
17. Tap Locations at the top
18. You should be back at the main Browse menu
19. Tap On My iPad
20. Tap Minecraft
21. Then tap Games
22. Tap Mojang
23. On the next screen, click in an empty space
24. press and hold to bring up the menu
25. Click Paste
26. Tap Replace

Where are your Minecraft Files Stored?

This is where you will find your stored files depending on what you play Minecraft with:

• Android & Amazon Fire OS > /Android/data/com.mojang.minecraftpe/files/games/com.mojang/
• Apple iOS  > /On My iPhone/Minecraft/games/com.mojang/
• Minecraft for Windows & Windows Phone > %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\games\com.mojang\
• Xbox One > Locally on the console > Xbox One cloud game saves.

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