{"id":9262,"date":"2021-09-22T13:40:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T13:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/?p=9262"},"modified":"2026-02-09T11:44:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:44:03","slug":"how-can-i-delete-my-valheim-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/en\/how-can-i-delete-my-valheim-world\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I delete my Valheim-world?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are two ways to delete the Valheim world. First, we show the deletion via the basic settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GPORTAL Valheim Server - How to delete your Valheim world\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1xbNUN75fXE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Delete the worlds in the basic settings<br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class='hint hint--brand'><p><strong>Important<\/strong>This method deletes all game saves of the server. You can&#8217;t undo this!<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Stop your server and open the Status tab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scroll down and you will find the red button \u201cdelete all savegames\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confirm the message that you are really sure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start your server and play in your new world<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.g-portal.com\/wiki\/2021\/09\/valheimwikisavegames-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.g-portal.com\/wiki\/2021\/09\/valheimwikisavegames-1.png 554w, https:\/\/cdn.g-portal.com\/wiki\/2021\/09\/valheimwikisavegames-1-300x92.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Delete the world via ftp<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The second possibility is to delete via FTP. You can also delete only certain worlds, if you have more than one.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Stop your server and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/en\/what-is-a-ftp-client\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">connect via FTP<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigate to the folder \/save\/world_local<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Here you delete the .db and the .fwl files of the world you want to delete.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start your server<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button button-margin-top\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/en\/vallheim-settings-and-server\" style=\"background-color:#50fcea;color:#1e1e1e;border-radius:5px\"><strong>MORE ABOUT VALHEIM<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two ways to delete the Valheim world. First, we show the deletion via the basic settings. Delete the worlds in the basic settings Delete the world via ftp The second possibility is to delete via FTP. You can also delete only certain worlds, if you have more than one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"post-blog-template.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,22],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u27a4 How to delete a valheim world? | GPORTAL Wiki<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn in four quick and easy steps how to delete a Valheim world \u2713 Delete via base setting or FTP \u2713 Fast + uncomplicated \u27a4 Click here\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.g-portal.com\/wiki\/en\/how-can-i-delete-my-valheim-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u27a4 How to delete a valheim world? 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