Create manual saves of your Realm world in Minecraft: Bedrock Edition to store a backup copy of your Realm and keep your progress safe. Manual saves remain in your Realm storage until you delete them, giving you full control over what to keep.
Create a Manual Save
- Launch Minecraft.
- Select Play.
- Select the Realms tab.
- Select your Realm and select Settings.
- Select Manage Realm.
- Select Saves.
- Select Save active world. In the menu below, you will see options to select Manual or Automatic. In Manual, the saves you create will appear with the most recent saves at the top.
Delete a Manual Save
- Launch Minecraft.
- Select Play.
- Select the Realms tab
- Select your Realm and select Settings.
- Select Manage Realm.
- Select Saves.
- Select the kebob menu button (three dots) to the right of the save file you wish to delete.
- Select Delete Save.
If you have an active Minecraft Realms subscription, your game will also create an automatic backup save file of your world at regular intervals. To learn more about Realms save files, see these articles:
- How We Backup Your Minecraft Realms World
- Restore a Backup Save of a Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Realm World
- Restore a Backup Save of a Minecraft: Java Edition Realm World
- Find Your Realms World Saves in Minecraft: Bedrock Edition
- Find Your Minecraft: Java Edition Backup World
- Use Realms to transfer a Minecraft: Bedrock Edition World to Another Device