In this post, we will show you how to reinstall Minecraft Pocket Edition on your PC.
Besides, reinstalling Minecraft PE is one of the applicable workarounds to resolve any of its nagging issues.
In order to reinstall Minecraft Pocket Edition on your Windows device, follow the steps below.
How to reinstall Minecraft pocket Edition
Method 1: For Windows PC
- Hold down the Windows key + R and press ‘Enter’ on your keyboard to open the roaming folder
- Locate the ‘.minecraft’ folder and double-click on it to open
- Copy the ‘saves’ folder to another location on your PC to restore your saved worlds.
- Go back to the ‘Roaming Folder’ and locate the ‘.minecraft’ folder.
- Right-click on the ‘.minecraft’ folder and select delete from the listed options.
- Deleting ‘.minecraft’ folder will uninstall Minecraft PE from your PC.
- If you have accidentally deleted the Minecraft launcher, visit Mojang’s official website, log in with your account and re-download the Minecraft launcher.
Reinstalling Minecraft
- Double click on the Minecraft launcher to start the installation process.
- Run the Minecraft launcher to install Minecraft automatically.
- Exit the Minecraft after completing the installation.
- Open the ‘.minecraft’ folder and copy the ‘saves’ folder back into it.
- Confirm your action to overwrite the default ‘saves’ folder and its contents.
- The action above will restore your saved worlds when you log in.
If you’re experiencing problems after reinstalling follow the steps below for Forcing updates.
- Double-click on the Minecraft launcher to start it
- Click on ‘Options’ below the ‘Username’
- Check the ‘Force Update’ box and click on ‘Enter Game.’
- Log in and wait for the files to download.
Method 2: Reinstalling Minecraft PE on Mac
- Launch a Finder window on your Mac and click on the ‘Go’ menu
- Click on ‘Go to Folder’
- Copy’ ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft’ and paste in the search bar of ‘Go to folder.’
- Press ‘Enter’ on your keyboard
- Copy the ‘saves’ folder in the ‘minecraft’ folder to a location, preferably your desktop
- uninstall Minecraft from your Mac PC by dragging the ‘minecraft’ folder into the ‘Trash’ folder of your Mac PC.
To reinstall Minecraft,
- Download a Minecraft launcher from www.mojang.net if you have deleted the launcher)
- Double click on the Minecraft launcher to start the installation process.
- Run the installed Minecraft launcher to install Minecraft automatically.
- Exit Minecraft after completing the installation
- Open the ‘.minecraft’ folder and copy the ‘saves’ folder back into it.
- Click on ‘Replace’ to confirm that you want to replace the default ‘saves’ folder.
- The action above will restore your saved worlds when next you start Minecraft on your Mac PC.
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