How to Delete a World

Permanently delete a private world you never shared, together with its games.

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You can delete a private world you no longer need. Deleting it also deletes every game played in it, so check the list in the confirmation window before you go ahead.

Before you start

Only private worlds that were never shared. Once a world has been shared, other players may have games, likes and leaderboard scores in it, so it can’t be deleted. You can still update or stop sharing it: see Updating and Managing a Shared World.
Only a team admin can delete a world. On a personal account, that’s you.
Wait for it to finish generating. A world that is still being created can’t be deleted yet.

Delete a world

Open Worlds and find the world.
Click the ⋮ button on its card and choose Delete world.
The Delete {world}? window checks the world and lists what goes with it, for example “2 games are linked to this world and will also be deleted.” On a team, it also tells you how many of those games belong to other members.
Click Delete world to confirm, or Cancel to keep it.

Bigger worlds can take a moment. If you see Deletion is continuing in the background, you can close the window. The card shows Deletion in progress until it’s done, and View deletion status in the ⋮ menu reopens it.

This cannot be undone. The world, its pictures and every linked game are removed for good. If you might want it later, leave it private instead: nobody else can see it.

If something goes wrong

You see	What it means
Shared worlds cannot be deleted.	The world is shared right now. Shared worlds stay available for the players using them.
Worlds that were previously shared cannot be deleted.	The world was shared at some point, even if it’s private now.
Only a team admin can delete a world.	Ask an admin of your team to delete it.
This world is still being generated.	Wait until the world is ready, then try again.
Cleanup was interrupted. You can safely retry it.	Click Retry deletion. Nothing is lost by retrying.

No Delete world option on the card? The world has been shared at some point or you aren’t a team admin. If you need a shared world removed, write to support@aiga.io.

Looking to remove a single game instead? See How to Delete a Game.

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