How to Completely Reset a Minecraft Bedrock Server

This resets the world on a Minecraft Bedrock dedicated server. A new world is generated on the next start. It does not reinstall the server software, and it does not have to wipe allowlists, packs, or server.properties unless you choose to.

Step 1: Back up

Open your server from Server Selection.

The safest backup is Backups in the sidebar. Create a backup and wait until it finishes.

You can also download files from Files, or connect with SFTP from Settings.

Step 2: Stop the server

Open Console and stop the server. Wait until it is fully offline before touching world files.

Step 3: Find the world folder

Bedrock stores worlds here:

worlds/<level-name>/

The folder name comes from level-name in server.properties. The default is often Bedrock level.

Open Files, go into worlds, and open that folder. You should see Bedrock save files such as db/, level.dat, and levelname.txt.

Step 4: Delete the world

Delete the whole world folder — for example worlds/Bedrock level — not just a few files inside it.

Leave server.properties in place unless you also want to reset the server name, ports, game mode, and seed.

If you want a new seed, edit level-seed in server.properties now, before the next start.

Step 5: Start the server

Start the server from Console. Bedrock will create a new world in worlds/<level-name>/ using your current server.properties (including seed, game mode, and difficulty).

Watch the console until it finishes generating. Then join and confirm you are in a new world.

Optional: wipe more than the world

Only do this if you want a full player/config reset as well:

• allowlist.json — who can join
• permissions.json — operator / member / visitor
• behavior_packs/ and resource_packs/ — installed packs
• valid_known_packs.json — pack cache (safe to let the server rebuild)

Do not delete the Bedrock server binary or server.properties unless you intend to reconfigure the server from scratch.

Troubleshooting

The old world comes back
The server was still running, or you deleted the wrong folder. Check level-name in server.properties and delete worlds/<that name>/ while the server is stopped.

The server will not start
You may have deleted server.properties or the worlds directory itself. Restore from Backups, or put server.properties back and let worlds/ be created on start.

You wanted a different seed
Stop the server, delete the new world folder, set level-seed in server.properties, then start again. Changing the seed after the world already exists does nothing.