Can you move minecraft download to another computer

The Microsoft store would only list my laptop as an identifiable device, but the game was meant for my son. As it is his birthday today, I didn't have time to rectify my error, so downloaded the Free Trial onto his laptop. I now want to remove Minecraft from my laptop and load it onto his. He and his device are within my Family, but I couldn't find it when downloading.

Although he is only 10, I have no issue giving him access to my MS account or setting up an MS account for him. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Sumit Independent Advisor Independent Advisor. Happy Birthday to your son! Minecraft requires version or later so make sure your son's PC is updated. Open Microsoft Store, click the profile icon.

Click Sign out to remove your son's account. Click the profile icon again to sign-in and enter your details. When finished, click 3 dots and choose My Library.

I put a shortcut to that folder on my desktop, too. You could put the shortcut wherever you typically launch Minecraft from, if not from your desktop.

To move Minecraft to another computer, just copy the entire. That will also copy all your saved worlds. You can do the copy via a thumb drive, via a cloud file hosting service, or just email yourself the file.

You may want to compress the file first using Winzip or something similar. If you do, don't forget to de-compress it at the other end! To move just a saved world after you've installed Minecraft on the new computer, just copy that world's entire folder, with all subfolders and files.

You will find the world's folder in your saves folder see full path above. You can also make a backups folder, either inside your. When you want to make a backup, first quit out of the world you want to back up, then simply copy that world's folder into your backups folder just as if you were copying it to a new computer. I keep my last 2 or 3 backups, and delete earlier ones. If you make your account and buy the game, you only have to buy it once. If you want to keep your worlds, do this:. Skip to Main Content Area.

Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Hi ShadowTux, I'm Bill. You can just install Minecraft for Windows 10 as usual on your new PC, since the code you redeemed is linked to your account. You can install and play it on your new PC, and it will recognize that you own the game.

So you can simply install Minecraft from the Windows Store and it should work normally if you're signed into your account. Please let me know if you need more help! How satisfied are you with this reply?