Minecraft is one of the greatest video games of all time. It is an open-world sandbox game where players can build their own worlds. It has always been almost every gamer’s good book, however, many times, either to shift your focus to a much more productive area or just to free up some storage, you can end up uninstalling the Minecraft from your PC.

Also, Minecraft now has a single launcher app that is available on the Microsoft App Store that you can download and then simply use the single launcher to play your desired version of the game. The process is much more streamlined and convenient relative to before.

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Moreover, many times even after properly installing Minecraft on your PC, you could be facing some issues or a bug that is rendering you unable to play the game. Whatever be your reason, reinstalling the Minecraft game is a fairly easy process.

Since we already mentioned that now every version of Minecraft is accessible through a single launcher window, the process mentioned below is the exact similar and applicable for all the versions of the game.

To add to that, if you have been only recently facing some issues with the game, you can also safeguard your game progress and reinstall the game on your Windows 11 PC, albeit, you have not uninstalled the Minecraft launcher from your computer.

However, in case you have also uninstalled the Minecraft launcher from your PC, you will need to install it back as now it is the sole way to access all versions of Minecraft from your Windows 11 PC.

Fresh Reinstall of Minecraft

In case you just installed Minecraft for the very first time, and it seems that you run into some issues, clean reinstalling the game can definitely resolve the issue for you. However, before you can reinstall the game, you will first need to uninstall it from your PC.

First, open a File Explorer window on your PC either by double-clicking on the ‘This PC’ icon present on your desktop or by pressing the Windows+E keys together on your keyboard to open it.

After that, on the File Explorer window, click on the ‘Address bar’ present on the top section of the window or press the Alt+D keys together on your keyboard to bring the focus to it. Next, type %AppData% in the address bar and hit Enter on your keyboard to open the directory.

Now, in the ‘AppData’ directory, locate the .minecraft folder and right-click on it to reveal the context menu. Then, click on the ‘Trash’ icon situate on the top section to delete the directory from your computer.

Once done, head to the Start Menu and type Minecraft Launcher to perform a search for it. Then, from the search results, click on the ‘Minecraft Launcher’ tile to open the app.

After that, you will need to sign in using your Microsoft account in order to access the game, click on the ‘Microsoft Login’ button to log in to your Xbox account.

Once you have successfully logged in, click on your favorite edition of Minecraft tile present in the left sidebar to proceed. Then, click on the ‘Play’ button to start playing Minecraft on your Windows 11 PC.

Reinstall Minecraft Without Losing Game Saves

This method will suit you best if in case you have been experiencing some issues or experiencing a bug only lately that is rendering you unable to play the game, however, at the same time you do not wish to lose your saved progress in the game as well. Using the steps below, you can safeguard your progress and also get rid of the issue at the same time.

To do so, first open an explorer window on your computer, by either clicking on the ‘This PC’ icon present on your desktop or by pressing the Windows+E keys together on your keyboard to proceed.

After that, on the explorer window, click on the ‘Address bar’ present in the topmost section of the window and type %AppData%. Then, hit Enter on your keyboard to head to the directory.

Then, locate the .minecraft folder in the directory and click to select it. Next, press the Ctrl+C keys on your keyboard to copy the folder. Then paste in a location where you can access it easily as it will be needed in further steps.

After that, head back to the %AppData% directory and locate the .minecraft directory you just copied. Next, press the Shift+Delete on your keyboard to delete it permanently from your Windows 11 PC.

Now, if a prompt appears on your screen asking for your confirmation for the action. Click on the ‘Yes’ button to delete the directory.

Now, head to the Start Menu and type Minecraft launcher to perform a search for it. Then, from the search results, click on the ‘Minecraft Launcher’ tile to open it.

After that, you will need to sign in using your Microsoft account in order to access the game, click on the ‘Microsoft Login’ button to log in to your Xbox account.

Once the Minecraft launcher window is visible on your screen, click on the edition of the game you wish to play, listed in the left sidebar of the window. Then, click on the ‘Play’ button present on the right section of the window to continue. This will start downloading the selected edition of Minecraft on your Windows PC.

Once the download has been successfully completed, the game will launch itself automatically. Now, close the game window and exit the launcher.

After that, locate the .minecraft folder you earlier copied. Then, click to select the folder and press the Ctrl+C keys together on your keyboard to copy the folder.

Now, open the File Explorer window by either clicking on the ‘This PC’ icon present on your desktop. Otherwise, press the Windows+E keys together on your keyboard to open a window.

Next, click on the address bar present in the topmost section of the window. Then, type %AppData% in it and press Enter on your keyboard to navigate to the directory.

Then, press Ctrl+V in the directory to paste the copied folder. You might receive a prompt asking for confirmation if you wish to replace the folder already present in the said location, click on the ‘Yes’ button to continue.

Once the folder has been copied successfully, you can launch Minecraft from the Minecraft launcher and it will have your saved progress as is.

There you go folks, hopefully, using this guide you will be able to reinstall Minecraft on your Windows 11 PC and straighten out issues or bugs if you have been experiencing any.