How to Reset Your Minecraft World
Wipe and regenerate your Minecraft server world while keeping settings, plugins, and mods. Includes full reinstall and partial reset options.
You might want to wipe your world to start fresh after a season ends, switch to a new seed, recover from corruption, or clean up after testing. Minecraft has several reset options depending on what you want to keep.
Reset Options
| Option | What's Reset | What's Kept |
|---|---|---|
| World only | World data, player builds, inventories | Server config, plugins, mods, OPs |
| World + plugin configs | Same + plugin data | Server config, mods |
| Full reinstall | Everything | Nothing — fresh server |
| New world (alt name) | Nothing — old world preserved | Everything |
Wipe the world but keep server settings, plugins, mods, OPs, and ban lists.
Create a backup
In the XGamingServer Panel, go to Backups and save your current state. Deleting a world is irreversible without a backup.
Delete the world folder
Click Files in the sidebar. Delete the world/ folder. If you have separate Nether/End folders (Spigot/Paper format), also delete world_nether/ and world_the_end/.
(Optional) Change the seed
In server.properties, set a new level-seed value if you want a specific world layout. Leave it empty for a random seed.
Start the server
A new world generates automatically.
Generate a fresh world without deleting the existing one. Your old world stays on disk and you can switch back later.
Open server.properties
Click Files and open server.properties.
Start the server
The server creates world2/ while leaving the original world/ untouched. To switch back later, just change level-name back to world.
Tip: This is the safest reset method — no data loss, full reversibility.
Erase everything — world, plugins, mods, configs — and start with a clean server. Useful for major version changes or recovering from broken installs.
(Optional) Save configs you want to keep
Download your plugins/ folder, server.properties, and any configs you want to restore later.
Delete all files
In Files, select all files and delete them.
Reinstall
On the Dashboard, click Reinstall Server. This downloads a fresh copy of your chosen server type.
Restore your configs
If you saved plugins/configs, upload them back. Start the server.
Reset Just the Nether or End
To reset only the Nether or End without touching the Overworld, see Reset Nether/End.
Reset Just Player Data
To wipe player inventories, advancements, and locations without touching the world, see Reset Player Data.
Reset Specific Chunks
For surgical chunk resets (e.g., regenerating spawn area without touching anything else), use MCA Selector.
Common Issues
| Problem | Fix |
|---|---|
| Server creates a new world even after I uploaded one | The folder name doesn't match level-name in server.properties |
| Old world is gone after seed change | Changing seed doesn't reset the world — it just updates the value. The old world keeps its original seed |
| Players retained their inventories | Player data is in world/playerdata/ — deleting just world/ resets it. If players retained items, the wipe didn't take effect |
Related Guides
How is this guide?
How to Set Up a Whitelist on Your Minecraft Server
Enable whitelist mode and manage allowed players on your Minecraft Java server using console commands or whitelist.json.
How to Change the World Seed on Your Minecraft Server
Set or change the world generation seed on your Minecraft Java server. Includes how to find the current seed and warnings about world regeneration.