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  1. Minecraft (Bedrock codebase)
  2. MCPE-161293

Minecraft keeps permanent copies of imported worlds and packs, wasting storage space

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    • Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Unresolved
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    • 1.19.20, 1.19.40, 1.19.41, 1.19.50, 1.19.60, 1.20.12 Hotfix, 1.21.2 Hotfix
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    • Unconfirmed
    • iOS

      Steps to reproduce

      1. Import a world or pack on iPhone using the workaround described in MCPE-47250.
      2. Delete the world or pack from the world list or Settings>Storage inside Minecraft.
      3. Navigate to the device settings for Minecraft, e.g. Settings (app)>General>iPhone Storage>Minecraft

      Expected result

      You do not find a copy of the world or pack there.

      Observed result

      The world or pack is shown in the list of internal storage along with various settings and cache files. It remains there after several restarts of the game. See demonstration here:
      https://youtube.com/shorts/ALqzkY7RU1w?feature=share

      Note: I was not able to reproduce this using the steps above on Windows, but I have previously found old copies of mcworld files in C:\Users\owner\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\minecraftpe as described here.

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