Don't wish to lose your Minecraft progress or like to continue caring for your world on another computer? Here's a simple method to backup Minecraft Windows 10 edition to OneDrive.

Within the regular Minecraft Java edition, you are able to alter the save folder to anywhere you would like. This lets you sync worlds with OneDrive or any other similar cloud services and access them on any computer without losing progress. However, in Minecraft Windows 10 edition, also known as Minecraft Bedrock edition, you simply cannot alter the save location. If you are curious, you'll find Minecraft Windows 10 save folder in the AppData folder in C drive. If you want to backup the Minecraft worlds, you have to manually copy the files.

Now, manually backing up or syncing Minecraft worlds is doable. But it is a chore and you don't have to get it done when there are automatic and ways. Having a simple trick, you are able to backup or sync Minecraft with OneDrive.

Note: The method below does apply to Minecraft Windows 10 edition or Bedrock edition only. If you work with the standard Java edition, you can simply alter the save place to OneDrive in the game settings menu.

Also, I assume that you've already installed OneDrive in Windows.

Sync Minecraft with OneDrive

In case you are wondering, no, we're not likely to apply certain third-party program to sync Minecraft with OneDrive. Rather we will utilize a built-in Windows function called Symbolic links. To place it in simple words, you create a folder within the OneDrive folder and link it towards the actual Minecraft saves folder.

Once the folders are linked, any changes made in either of the folders is going to be reflected in the other folder. This only denotes that all your Minecraft save files will be supported and synced to OneDrive. Though sounds complicated, it's very easy to do.

Just stick to the steps below and you'll be all set very quickly.

Steps to Follow to Backup Minecraft Windows 10 Edition to OneDrive

Creating a symbolic link between two folders is nothing hard. All you have to do is execute a single command.

1. First, open the beginning menu, search for "cmd" and click on the end result to spread out Command Prompt.

2. Within the Command Prompt window, execute the below command while replacing <BackupFolderName> using the folder name of your liking. With my case, I chose "Minecraft" because the folder name.

Note: If you've moved the OneDrive folder with a other location then change the OneDrive path within the command below to match that.

mklink /J "%UserProfile%\OneDrive\<BackupFolderName>" "%LocalAppdata%\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\games\com.mojang\minecraftWorlds"

3. When the command is successfully executed, you will see the "Junction created" message.

That's whatever you are done. Should you go to your OneDrive folder, you will notice a brand new folder using the name you're considering earlier.

Open the folder to see your saved Minecraft worlds.

Wrapping Up

As long as you are utilizing the same OneDrive account on the other computer, you can access the Minecraft save data without any problems. Any game progress is going to be automatically saved to OneDrive and synced in others.

If you ever decide not to sync Minecraft save data with OneDrive, delete the Minecraft backup folder in OneDrive folder. This course of action will remove the junction link and can not delete the source Minecraft save folder. If you're unsure, backup data before deleting the folder.