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How to upload a world to a Minecraft server

Managed from: GamePanel. Updated 7 November 2026.

Upload your world folder as a zip archive, extract it and name it world (or change level-name in server.properties to match your folder's name).

  1. Stop the server.

  2. Compress your world folder into a .zip on your computer.

  3. GamePanelFiles: upload the zip, then extract it.

    GamePanel file manager, New menu open on Upload
    GamePanel file manager, New menu open on Upload
  4. Delete or rename the old world folder, then rename your world to world.

  5. Start the server. A modded world needs the same mods and the same version as where it was created.

Common errors

  • A brand new world is created instead of yours: level.dat must sit directly in the world folder, not in a subfolder (world/MyWorld/level.dat).
  • Bedrock world: it does not open on a Java server, or the other way round, without conversion.

On your computer, a single-player world is in the .minecraft/saves folder, under the name you gave it.

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