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The "Select World" menu

The Select World menu is one of the game's multiple Minecraft:menu screens. It provides access to the Minecraft:Create New World menu, and lists pre-existing worlds that can be entered, it also provides access to Edit World screen.

Select World

When clicking "Singleplayer" on the Minecraft:title screen, the player is brought to this menu if at least one world exists. If no worlds exist, the player is directly brought to the Minecraft:Create New World menu.

A search bar exists above the screen, allowing the player to find any world with a search.

Each world is listed along with some information about the world, such as world name, Minecraft:game mode, and Minecraft:cheats.

Each world includes a world icon, taken as a screenshot a few seconds after creating a world.Template:Info needed The icon can be deleted using "Reset Icon", and retaken with the player's FOV after entering the world again. If a world does not have an icon or because it has been reset, it shows a grayscale Minecraft:pack.png as a fallback.

When opened by clicking the "Singleplayer" button with Template:Key, the worlds that are incompatible with the current version or were last played in a snapshot version aren't displayed.Template:Verify

Option	Description
Play Selected World	Allows the player to enter the selected world. Clicking the play icon while hovering over a world option or double-clicking on a world functions similarly.
Create New World	Brings the player to the Minecraft:Create New World screen.
Edit	Allows the player to edit the selected world, create backups, or optimize the world.
Delete	Deletes the world.
Re-Create	Opens the Minecraft:Create New World screen with options of the selected world already filled in, such as the Minecraft:game mode or seed.
Back	Returns the player to the Minecraft:title screen.

Edit World

File:Edit World JE.png

The Edit World UI

There are a total of 6 operations that can be performed from the Edit World screen.


Location	Button	Description
Edit World Screen	File:Edit World - World name (Option).png	The world name is text field visible on the top of the screen. A new display name for the world can be inputted. Note that the name of the world folder does not change.
	Template:Btn	Deletes the world's `icon.png` file, which allows a new icon to be taken. A new screenshot is taken to become the world's new icon, immediately after entering the world.
	Template:Btn	Opens `.minecraft/saves/<SELECTED WORLD>/`. This allows quickly accessing folders like `datapacks` along with all the data for the world.
	Template:Btn	Makes a new .zip archive in `.minecraft/backups/` with the data of the selected world stored. The file name of a backup follows this format: `YYYY-MM-DD_hh-mm-ss_<World Folder Name>.zip`. Example: `2020-12-24_13-32-00_My World.zip`. This is the world called "My World", it was made on December 24, 2020, at time 13:32 (1:32 PM). The world folder name is the original name of the world given at world creation, not the display name.
	Template:Btn	Opens `.minecraft/backups/`.
	Template:Btn	Opens a screen to upgrade the level data of the world to the latest format. Once a world is optimized, it is no longer compatible with previous level formats. There are four options: "Erase Cached Data" erases data like light levels and biome data, which must then be regenerated. Template:Btn creates a backup to `.minecraft/backups/` and then begin the optimization process. Template:Btn begins the optimization process without making a backup. Template:Btn cancels the optimization process. After clicking either of the buttons, the optimization process begins. Chunks generated in 1.19 or later are skipped, as they use the current format. The rest of the chunks are reformatted.
	Template:Btn	Saves and applies the chosen options.
	Template:Btn	Cancels any chosen options and leads back to the Select World Screen.

History

Java Edition

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Legacy Console Edition

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Issues

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Gallery

Java Edition

References

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Navigation

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 [[File:MainMenu SPMain.png|380px|thumb|The "Select World" menu]]
-The '''Select World''' menu is one of the game's multiple [[Minecraft:menu screen]]s. It provides access to the [[Minecraft:Create New World]] menu, and also lists pre-existing worlds that can be entered.
+The '''Select World''' menu is one of the game's multiple [[Minecraft:menu screen]]s. It provides access to the [[Minecraft:Create New World]] menu, and lists pre-existing worlds that can be entered, it also provides access to Edit World screen.
-== Overview ==
+== Select World ==
 When clicking "Singleplayer" on the [[Minecraft:title screen]], the player is brought to this menu if at least one world exists. If no worlds exist, the player is directly brought to the [[Minecraft:Create New World]] menu.
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 Each world includes a world icon, taken as a screenshot a few seconds after creating a world.{{info needed|How exactly is the icon taken from a singleplayer world?}} The icon can be deleted using "Reset Icon", and retaken with the player's FOV after entering the world again. If a world does not have an icon or because it has been reset, it shows a grayscale [[Minecraft:pack.png]] as a fallback.
-When opened by clicking the "Singleplayer" button with {{key|Space}}, the worlds that are incompatible with the current version or were last played in a snapshot version aren't displayed.
+When opened by clicking the "Singleplayer" button with {{key|Space}}, the worlds that are incompatible with the current version or were last played in a snapshot version aren't displayed.{{verify}}
 {| class="wikitable" border="1"" data-description="Java Edition Select World menu"
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 | Brings the player to the [[Minecraft:Create New World]] screen.
 |-
-| style="font-size: large; text-align: center;" |  [[File:JavaEdit.jpg|150px|link=World Options#Java Edition|Edit]]
+| style="font-size: large; text-align: center;" |  [[File:JavaEdit.jpg|150px|link=Select World#Edit World|Edit]]
 | Allows the player to edit the selected world, create backups, or optimize the world.
 |-
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 | style="font-size: large; text-align: center;" |  [[File:JavaBack.jpg|width=150x150|Back|alt=Back]]
 | Returns the player to the [[Minecraft:title screen]].
+|}
+== Edit World ==
+[[File:Edit World JE.png|thumb|The Edit World UI ]]
+There are a total of 6 operations that can be performed from the Edit World screen.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!Location
+!Button
+!Description
+|-
+| rowspan="8" |Edit World Screen
+|[[File:Edit World - World name (Option).png|320px]]
+|The world name is text field visible on the top of the screen.  A new display name for the world can be inputted.
+Note that the name of the [[Minecraft:.minecraft|world folder]] does not change.
+|-
+|{{btn|Reset Icon}}
+|Deletes the world's <code>icon.png</code> file, which allows a new icon to be taken. A new screenshot is taken to become the world's new icon, immediately after entering the world.
+|-
+|{{Btn|Open World Folder}}
+|Opens <code>.minecraft/saves/<SELECTED WORLD>/</code>. This allows quickly accessing folders like <code>datapacks</code> along with all the data for the world.
+|-
+|{{Btn|Make Backup}}
+|Makes a new .zip archive in <code>.minecraft/backups/</code> with the data of the selected world stored. The file name of a backup follows this format: <code>YYYY-MM-DD_hh-mm-ss_<World Folder Name>.zip</code>.
+Example: <code>2020-12-24_13-32-00_My World.zip</code>. This is the world called "My World", it was made on December 24, 2020, at time 13:32 (1:32 PM). The world folder name is the ''original'' name of the world given at world creation, not the display name.
+|-
+|{{Btn|Open Backups Folder}}
+|Opens <code>.minecraft/backups/</code>.
+|-
+|{{Btn|Optimize World}}
+|Opens a screen to upgrade the level data of the world to the latest format. Once a world is optimized, it is no longer compatible with previous level formats. There are four options:
+* "Erase Cached Data" erases data like light levels and biome data, which must then be regenerated.
+* {{btn|Create Backup and Load}} creates a backup to <code>.minecraft/backups/</code> and then begin the optimization process.
+* {{btn|I know what I'm doing!}} begins the optimization process without making a backup.
+* {{btn|Cancel}} cancels the optimization process.
+After clicking either of the buttons, the optimization process begins. [[Minecraft:Chunk|Chunks]] generated in [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.19|1.19]] or later are skipped, as they use the current format. The rest of the chunks are reformatted.
+|-
+|{{btn|Save}}
+|Saves and applies the chosen options.
+|-
+|{{btn|Cancel}}
+|Cancels any chosen options and leads back to the Select World Screen.
 |}
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 |{{HistoryLine||1.4.2|dev=12w37a|Added "Re-Create" option to the World selection menu.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=?|Changed world items to the top instead of center.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w32b|Added world icons.|When edit world is clicked, the player has two new options: "Reset icon" Allows the player to reset the thumbnail without going into the folder, and "Open folder" opens the folder for the world, under <code>.minecraft</code>.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w32b|Added world icons.|Adde Edit World Screen|When edit world is clicked, the player has two new options: "Reset icon" Allows the player to reset the thumbnail without going into the folder, and "Open folder" opens the folder for the world, under <code>.minecraft</code>.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=15w32c|Changed "Rename" button to "Edit" button.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||July 16, 2018|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712192453/twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/1018773041227227136|[[File:World Converter.jpg|x32px]] Dinnerbone mentions possible addition of optimize world screen and shows early version of it.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=pre10|[[File:1.13-pre10 Optimizing World.png|x32px]] Added optimize world screen and option to Edit World.}}
+|{{HistoryLine|||dev=release|[[File:1.13 Optimizing World.png|x32px]] Added information about upgraded, skipped and total number of chunks.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.20|dev=Pre-release 1|[[File:1.20-pre1 Optimizing World.png|x32px]] Changed background texture of Edit World screen.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.21.9|dev=25w34a|In the world selection screen, worlds names, versions and timestamps no longer overflow the list to the right.<ref>{{bug|MC-383|| In the world selection screen, world names/versions/timestamps can overflow the list to the right |Fixed}}</ref>}}
 |{{HistoryLine||26.1|dev=snap6|Worlds that need to be upgraded will now show Upgrade and Play instead of Play Selected World. The Edit World and Re-Create World buttons are disabled until the world has been upgraded.|When starting such a world, a new upgrade progress screen will be shown.}}
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 | The "Join Game" section allows the player to join multiplayer sessions hosted by players in their friends list.
 }}
+|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU0|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added the World Options menu.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU5|Added [[Minecraft:bonus chest]] option to the Edit World menu.}}
 | {{HistoryLine||xbox=TU3|The world list is now cached, resulting in faster loading times.}}
 | {{HistoryLine||xbox=TU5|Added the ability to rename existing worlds in the world selection screen.}}
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 == Gallery ==
 ===''Java Edition''===
+==== Select World ====
 <gallery>
 Select world (Beta 1.2).png|Select World in [[Minecraft:Beta 1.2]].
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 JE-1.19-World-Selection-Menu.png|The "Select World" menu before [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.20.5]].
 </gallery>
+==== Edit World ====
+<gallery>
+Edit World JE-1.20.1.png|A world's edit screen in [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.20.1]]
+Edit world screen 23w13a or b.png|Edit screen in [[Minecraft:Java Edition 23w13a_or_b]]
+</gallery>
 === Legacy Console Edition ===