Board Thread:Bug Reports/@comment-26062560-20160514163004/@comment-76.118.245.211-20160518230214

If you delete .minecraft, but not the launcher, when you run the launcher, a new .minecraft folder will be created. However, you lose all your worlds, texture packs, screenshots, mods, etc. and have to start new worlds, and re download the mods. Trust me, I accedently deleted .minecraft once.