WoW API: CancelPlayerBuff

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Removes a specific buff from the player.

CancelPlayerBuff(buffIndex);

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Arguments

buffIndex

The index of the buff to remove. Can be obtained with GetPlayerBuff. Can also use buff name since the 2.3 patch.

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Example

CancelPlayerBuff(GetPlayerBuff(0,"HELPFUL"))

Result

Removes the first (right-most in the default UI) buff from the player.

Notes

this function uses a zero-based index, while UnitBuff() does not. Mind 21:11, 19 July 2006 (EDT)

See Also

• UnitBuff

Notes

• Surprisingly this function is not protected nor limited in any way to hardware event restriction Blizzard used so far. This function can be called freely from an AddOn to auto-remove a given buff.

(tested on live servers 2.0)