Switch Your Server to a Different Game or Start Fresh

Your GuavaHost server is not tied to one game forever. You can switch it to a different game or wipe it back to a clean slate, and this guide covers both safely.

2 min read · Updated Oct 5, 2026 · By GuavaHost Team

Always back up first

Both of these jobs replace files, so protect yourself before you start. Open Backups in your server's menu and click Create backup. If you ever want the old setup back, you can restore that snapshot, though restoring overwrites whatever is on the server at the time, so treat it as a safety net rather than a merge.

Wiping your current game to start fresh

If you want the same game but a completely clean server:

• The cleanest option is Reinstall server on the Settings tab. This reinstalls the game files and gives you a fresh server. Depending on the game it can wipe the current files, so treat it as the start-over-from-zero button.
• If you only want to clear the world and keep your configs, use the Files tab instead and delete just the world folder (for example the Minecraft world, world_nether, and world_the_end folders). The game recreates a new world on the next start.

Rust servers

For Rust, you do not need to delete files by hand. Open Wipes under Rust tools in your server's menu. It runs scheduled and manual map wipes and blueprint wipes, can post a wipe announcement to your Discord, and can roll the world seed and map size for you. Use that instead of manual deletion for a clean, correct Rust wipe.

Changing the game version or type

Staying on the same game but want a different version, jar, or server type? For most games that lives in Startup settings on the Settings tab, which holds options such as the game version and the server type or jar. Change the value, click Save next to it, then Restart the server so it downloads and boots the new version. On Minecraft Java, use Version under Minecraft tools instead: it switches between versions and between software such as Paper, Fabric or Forge in a few clicks.

Switching to a completely different game

Moving from one game to another, for example Minecraft to Rust, is a bigger change, because each game runs on its own server type behind the scenes. The reliable way is to let us switch it for you. Contact support from guavahost.com/support or ask in our Discord, tell us which game you want, and whether to wipe the old files or keep them. The team reconfigures the server to the new game and confirms when it is ready.

If your server is a Multi-Game Server, you can switch it to another game yourself from the panel instead. See Switching Games on a Multi-Game Server.

After the change

Once the switch or wipe is done, watch the Console tab as the server starts to confirm it boots cleanly, then connect using the address shown at the top of the server page. If anything looks off, restore your backup and try again.

Still stuck? Jump into our Discord at discord.gg/GuavaHost and the team will help you out.

• wipe
• switch-game
• reinstall
• fresh-start

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