How to Wipe & Reinstall Your Space Engineers Server

Reset your Space Engineers world or perform a full server reinstall.

Deletes the world but keeps your server configuration and admin list.

Create a backup

In the XGamingServer Panel, go to Backups and save your current state.

Stop the server

Stop from Console.

Delete the world folder

Click Files, navigate to Saves/, and delete the world folder.

Configure for a new world

Open SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg and set:

<IgnoreLastSession>true</IgnoreLastSession>

This tells the server to create a new world instead of trying to load the deleted one.

Start the server

Start from Console. A fresh world generates based on your config settings. After the first successful start, set IgnoreLastSession back to false.

Removes everything — world, config, mods.

Create a backup

Go to Backups and save everything.

Stop the server

Stop from Console.

Delete all files

In Files, select all and delete.

Reinstall

On the Dashboard, click Reinstall Server.

Reconfigure

Edit SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg with your server name, max players, admin SteamIDs, and mods. Start the server.

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