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Before beginning this tutorial, note that the following guides are only for the 2.x launcher. If you want to make Minecraft portable for an older launcher version, please view this page instead.

This tutorial explains how to run Minecraft on a portable location (e.g. on a thumb drive).

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Portable installation is, an installation that is not "integrated" with the computer, which is useful for managing multiple installations and generally keeping things organised. This is useful if you want to retain your game data (launcher profiles, worlds, resource packs, etc.) when switching computers.

If you are not planning to play Minecraft on a thumb drive but on your main hard drive instead, it's highly recommended for you to make the game portable with this guide because this will give you some big advantages over standard installation.

If you store different Minecraft versions (1.8, 1.12, modded 1.12, modded 1.7.10, latest, etc.) in one folder/launcher instance, mods/worlds/settings from other versions may conflict with version you are currently playing.

If you want to separate

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