How to Reset Your Minecraft World

Published 9 June 2026 · By Host Havoc Technical Support Team

Resetting your Minecraft server world permanently deletes the existing terrain and generates a brand-new one the next time the server starts. Before you begin, consider downloading a backup of your world so you can restore it later.

Before you start: Stop your server before deleting world folders. Deleting folders while the server is running can cause corruption.

Find your world name

  1. Log into the Minecraft panel.
  2. Open your server's overview page (the page with the Start, Stop, and Restart buttons).
  3. Scroll down and click Show Advanced Options.
  4. Note the value in the World field. The default is world, but it may have been changed.

Delete the world folders via FTP

  1. Click Files on the left side, then click FTP File Access.
  2. Connect using an FTP client or the web-based file manager.
  3. Locate the folder matching your world name (for example, world).
  4. Delete that folder. On 26.1+, this resets all dimensions, because the Nether and The End are stored inside it. To reset only one dimension, delete world/dimensions/minecraft/the_nether or world/dimensions/minecraft/the_end instead and leave the rest of world in place.

    Bukkit/Spigot/Paper on 1.21.x and older: The Nether and The End are stored in separate world_nether and world_the_end folders. Delete those as well if you also want to reset them.

Start the server

  1. Return to the Minecraft panel.
  2. Click Start. The server generates a new world automatically.

Troubleshooting

The world did not reset. Confirm you deleted the correct folder. If the World field in Advanced Options shows a custom name, make sure you deleted that folder, not the default world folder.

Server crashes on start. A leftover partial folder from an incomplete delete can cause this. Connect via FTP again, remove any remaining world folder, and restart.