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How to Upload a World to Your Minecraft Bedrock Edition Server

Step-by-step instructions on how to upload a world to your Minecraft Bedrock Edition server.

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Aug 26, 2025

Stop server
Stop your Minecraft Bedrock Edition server.
Open file browser
Open your dashboard, select your server and go to the file browser or connect to your server via SFTP. You can find instructions here: Establish SFTP connection.
Upload world
Upload your new world into the worlds folder.
Open config
Open the file server.properties in the main folder of your server.
Find entry
Look for the following entry:
```
level-name=Bedrock level
```
Change value
Change the value to the name of your uploaded world (e.g. level-name=New World).
Save & restart
Save the file and restart your server.

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Last updated on Mar 19, 2026 Edit on GitHub

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