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This is a reference for WoW slash commands available for use in the WoW chat window, and as WoW macro commands in a macro.

This list describes all of the 'slash' commands from WoW itself. See useful macros and user defined macros for other commands and macros. See slash commands (old) and list of slash commands (old) for the older lists. For full Macro API help, see Macro API.

Notes

• Commands are listed in lower case, however in chat can be upper or lower case.
• For macros a command is entered on a single line ending with a new-line '\n' character.
• Emotes list is from FrameXML\GlobalStrings.lua.

Key

• ? - command has not been tested or fully confirmed.
• REMOVED - Removed from WoW, retained here for historical reference.
• DISABLED - Command still exists, but does not function.
• DEPRECATED - Is deprecated and should no longer be used.
• Commands with multiple aliases are listed under the most expanded alias.

Reference

This is a WoW Reference, do not add commands from non-Blizzard sources; use User defined macros instead.

PvP commands

Arena

following arena commands were removed (in 5.4)

teamcaptain - /teamcaptain,/tcaptain - Sets the captain of an arena team you are in.

teamdisband - /teamdisband,/tdisband - Disbands an arena team you are in.

teaminvite - /teaminvite,/tinvite - Invites a member to your arena team.

teamquit - /teamquit,/tquit - Leaves an arena team you are in.

teamremove - /teamremove,/tremove - Removes a member of a team you are in from that team.

Battlegrounds

wargame - /wargame,/wg - Starts a War Game.

Interface commands

These functions open a part of the Blizzard Interface

achievements - /ach,/achieve,/achievement,/achievements - Opens the Achievements interface.

calendar - Opens the Calendar interface.

guildfinder - /guildfinder,/gf - Opens the Guild Finder tool.

lfd - /lfd,/df,/dungeonfinder - Opens the Dungeon Finder interface.

lfr - /lfr,/raidbrowser,/rb,/or,/otherraids - Opens the Raid Browser.

macro - /macro,/m - Opens the Macro interface.

stopwatch - /stopwatch,/timer,/sw - Opens the Stopwatch interface.

Chat commands

afk - /afk,/away - Marks you as "Away From Keyboard".

announce - /announce,/ann - Toggle channel announcements.

ban - Bans a user from a user-created chat channel.

battleground - /battleground,/bg - Sends a chat message to your battleground.

csay - /c,/csay - Sends chat text to a channel.

chatinvite - /cinvite,/chatinvite - Invite a user to a user-created chat channel.

chatlist - /chatlist,/chatwho,/chatinfo - Displays a list of users in a chat channel, or what channels you are currently a member of.

chatlog - Enables/disables chat logging.

combatlog - Enables/disables combat logging.

chathelp - /chat,/chathelp - Displays a list of commonly used chat commands.

ckick - Kicks a user from a user-created chat channel.

emote - /emote,/em,/e,/me - Perform an emote with the given text.

dnd - /dnd,/busy - Marks you as "Do Not Disturb".

guild - /guild,/g,/gc - Sends a chat message to your guild.

instance - /instance,/i - Sends a chat message to the group of your instance (raidfinder etc.)

join - /join,/channel,/chan - Joins or creates a user-created chat channel.

leave - /leave,/chatleave,/chatexit - Leaves a user-created chat channel.

moderator - /mod,/moderator - Sets moderation in a user-created chat channel.

mute - /mute,/squelch,/unvoice - Prevents a user from speaking (voice or text) in a user-created chat channel.

officer - /officer,/o,/osay - Sends a chat message to your guild's officer channel.

owner - Displays or changes the owner of a user-created chat channel.

password - /password,/pass - Sets or removes a password on a user-created chat channel.

party - /party,/p - Sends a chat message to your party.

raid - /raid,/rsay - Sends a chat message to your raid.

raidwarning - /raidwarning,/rw - Sends a raid warning to your raid.

reply - /r,/reply - Replies to the last user to send you a whisper with a message.

resetchat - /resetchat - Resets chat settings to default.

say - /say,/s - Sends a chat message to players in your immediate local area.

unban - Unbans a user from a user-created chat channel.

unmoderator - /unmod,/unmoderator - Removes moderation from a user-created chat channel.

unmute - /unmute,/unsquelch,/voice - Allows a user to speak (voice or text) in a user-created chat channel.

whisper - /whisper,/w,/tell,/t,/send - Sends a private chat message to a player in a whisper.

yell - /yell,/y,/sh,/shout - Sends a chat message to all players in your zone.

Character commands

These commands affect your character's status, social interaction, movement, or actions

dismount - Dismounts your character

equip - /equip, /eq - Equip an item to its default slot.

equipset - /equipset - Change equipped items to a set stored in the Equipment Manager

equipslot - Equip an item to a specific slot.

friend - /friend,/friends - Adds a player to your Friends list.

follow - /f,/follow,/fol - Set yourself to follow the selected target

ignore - Adds a player to your ignore list

inspect - /ins,/inspect - Opens the Inspection interface of the selected target.

leavevehicle - Allows your character to exit their current vehicle.

randompet - Summons a random companion pet (non-combat pet).

removefriend - /removefriend,/remfriend - Removes a friend from your friend list.

settitle - Sets the active title for your character.

trade - Opens the trade interface with your current target.

unignore - Removes a player from your ignore list

usetalents - Swap to a saved talent spec. (Currently nonfunctional in Patch 7.1, though it does not give an error.)

Emotes

These commands generally cause a character to 'act out' or emote.

May be abreviated to any shorter length, so long as there is no other conflicting command name or abbreviated command name. For example '/congratulate' can be typed as '/cong'.

Key: * does nothing, + has sound, % has unique animation, @ only when mounted (varies by mount)

absent agree amaze angry, mad apologize, sorry %applaud, applause, bravo arm +attacktarget awe backpack badfeeling, bad bark bashful beckon %beg bite blame blank bleed, blood blink blush boggle bonk, doh bored bounce %bow brandish brb breath brow burp, belch +bye, goodbye, farewell cackle calm challenge +charge charm +cheer %chicken, flap, strut chuckle chug clap cold comfort commend confused +grats, congrats cough coverears crack, knuckles cringe crossarms %cry, sob, weep cuddle, spoon curious curtsey %dance ding disagree doubt drink, shindig drool duck %eat, chew, feast embarrass encourage enemy eye eyebrow facepalm, palm faint fart %fear, cower fidget, impatient %flex, strong +%flirt flop +followme frown, disappointed gasp gaze giggle glare gloat glower go going golfclap greet, greetings grin, wicked, wickedly groan grovel, peon growl guffaw hail happy, glad, yay headache +healme +hello, hi +helpme hiccup highfive hiss holdhand hug hungry, food, pizza hurry idea +incoming, inc insult introduce jealous jk %kiss, blow %kneel %laugh, lol lavish, praise laydown, liedown, lay, lie lick listen look lost love luck map massage mercy moan mock moo moon @mountspecial mourn mutter nervous +no +nod, yes nosepick, pick object, holdit offer +oom +openfire pack panic pat peer pet pinch pity plead %point poke ponder pounce pout pray promise proud pulse punch purr puzzled raise, volunteer +rasp ready, rdy regret +retreat, flee revenge %roar, rawr rofl rolleyes, eyeroll %rude ruffle sad %salute scared scoff scold scowl scratch, cat, catty search sexy shake, rear shakefist, fist shifty shimmy %shindig shiver shoo, pest shout, holler shrug shudder %shy sigh signal silence, shush +silly sing %sit slap %sleep smack smile smirk snap snarl sneak sneeze snicker sniff snort snub soothe spit spoon squeal stand stare stink, smell surprised surrender suspicious sweat %talk talkex, excited talkq, question tap taunt tease +thank, thanks, ty think thirsty threaten, doom, wrath tickle tired +train truce twiddle *unused veto victory violin +wait warn %wave +welcome whine whistle wink %woot work %yawn

Combat commands

These functions pertain to combat

cancelaura - Cancels (turns off) an aura you have.

cancelqueuedspell - /cancelqueuedspell,/cqs - Cancels casting of the spell you have in the queue.

cancelform - Cancels your current shapeshift form.

cast - /cast,/spell,/use - Uses the given item or casts the given spell.

castglyph - Activates a glyph.

castrandom - /castrandom,/userandom - Casts a random spell from the given list.

castsequence - Casts the given spells in sequential order.

changeactionbar - Changes your current action bar page.

duel - Challenge another player to a duel

forfeit - /forfeit,/yield,/concede - Forfeit a duel.

pvp - Sets whether or not you are attackable by other players.

startattack - Turns on auto-attack.

stopattack - Turns off auto-attack.

stopcasting - Stops casting or channeling.

swapactionbar - Swaps between two given action bars.

Guild commands

guilddemote - /gdemote,/guilddemote - Demotes a guild-member.

guilddisband - /gdisband,/guilddisband - Disbands a guild.

guildinfo - /ginfo,/guildinfo - Displays information about your guild.

guildinvite - /ginvite,/guildinvite - Invites a player to join your guild.

guildleader - /gleader,/guildleader - Makes another guild member the new Guild Master.

guildquit - /gquit,/guildquit - Removes your character from your current guild.

guildmotd - /gmotd,/guildmotd - Sets the guild Message of the Day.

guildpromote - /gpromote,/guildpromote - Promotes a guild member to the next higher rank.

guildroster - /groster,/guildroster - Opens the Guild window.

guildremove - /guildremove,/gremove,/gkick - Removes a member of your guild from your guild.

Party and Raid commands

clearmainassist - /clearmainassist,/clearma,/mainassistoff,/maoff - Clears the current Main Assist.

clearmaintank - /clearmaintank,/clearmt,/maintankoff,/mtoff - Clears the current Main Tank.

clearworldmarker - /clearworldmarker,/cwm - Clears world markers

invite - /inv,/invite - Invites a player to your party or raid.

ffa - Sets the loot method for your raid/party to Free-For-All.

group - Sets the loot method for your raid/party to Group Loot.

master - Sets the loot method for your raid/party to Master Loot.

mainassist - /mainassist,/ma - Set the main assist.

maintank - /maintank,/mt - Set the main tank.

needbeforegreed - Sets the loot method for your raid/party to Need Before Greed.

promote - /pr,/promote - Promotes the given member to Party or Raid leader.

raidinfo - Shows you what instances you are saved to, along with the Instance ID.

readycheck - Performs a ready check in your raid or party.

roundrobin - Sets the loot method for your raid/party to Round Robin.

targetmarker - /targetmarker,/tm - Sets or clears a target marker from your current target.

threshold - Sets the loot threshold to apply loot rules.

uninvite - /uninvite,/u,/un,/kick,/votekick - Removes a player from your current party or raid.

worldmarker - /worldmarker,/wm - Allows placement of world markers.

Pet commands

petassist - Sets pet to assist mode (added in Patch 4.2).

petattack - Sends pet to attack currently selected target.

petautocastoff - Turn off autocast for a pet spell.

petautocaston - Turn on autocast for a pet spell.

petautocasttoggle - Toggle autocast for a pet spell.

petdefensive - Set pet to defensive.

petfollow - Set pet to follow you.

petmoveto - Set pet to move to and stay at a hover-targeted location.

petpassive - Set pet to passive mode.

petstay - Set pet to stay where it is at.

System commands

console - Allows user to view or change global client-side options, or perform certain system commands.

click - Simulate a mouse click on a button.

disableaddons - Disables all addons and reloads the UI.

dump - Displays the value of a given variable.

enableaddons - Enables all addons and reloads the UI.

eventtrace - /eventtrace,/etrace - Allows the user to trace events in-game.

framestack - /framestack,/fstack - Allows the user to see all frames under the cursor.

help - /h,/help,/? - Displays a help message with some basic commands.

logout - /camp,/logout - Logs your character out of the game, back to the character selection screen.

macrohelp - Displays a help message with basic information about creating and using macros.

played - Displays information about your character's time logged in.

quit - /quit,/exit - Exits the game.

random - /random,/rand,/rnd,/roll - Generates a random number from 1 to 100. "/random X" rolls a number from 1 to X, "/random X Y" rolls a number from X though Y.

reload - Reloads the User Interface.

script - /script,/run - Runs a block of LUA code.

stopmacro - Stop processing the current macro.

time - Displays the current time

timetest - Used for benchmarking, also shows FPS.

who - Shows you a list of people matching filtering options.

Targeting functions

assist - /assist,/a - Targets a player's target.

clearfocus - Clears the current focus target.

cleartarget - Clears the current target.

focus - Set a focus target

target - /target,/tar - Target the given unit by name.

targetenemy - Target the given hostile unit by name.

targetenemyplayer - Target the given hostile player by name.

targetexact - Target the unit by exact name match.

targetfriend - Target the friendly unit by name.

targetfriendplayer - Target the friendly player by name.

targetlastenemy - Target the last attackable unit you had selected.

targetlastfriend - Target the last friendly unit you had selected.

targetlasttarget - Target the target of the last unit you had selected.

targetparty - Target a party member by name.

targetraid - Target a raid member by name.

Disabled commands

The following commands are listed in the environment, except where noted, but appear to be disabled or deprecated. If you find differently, please move to the appropriate section and write a comment on it.

DISABLED gwho - /gwho,/whoguild,/glist - ? Either predates who command's more advanced options, or was intended to list guilds. No handler is defined for this.

DISABLED greplace - ? Possibly used by GMs to replace an inactive Guild Leader

DISABLED guildhelp - /guildhelp,/ghelp - A help text for guild commands; however, the SlashCmdList function is commented out in FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua, so it is not active in-game.

REMOVED lfm - Opened the Looking For More interface prior to patch 3.3. (removed completely in patch 4.0).

DISABLED moderate - ? Possibly used to set whether a channel was moderated, this feature was moved into the /moderator command.

REMOVED mount - Use /cast now (removed in wotlk).

REMOVED petaggressive - aggressive AI was replaced with assist (removed with Patch 4.2).

DISABLED saveguildroster - Saves the Guild Roster as a text file (disabled in Patch 3.2.2 due to the implementation of the Armory).

DISABLED token - /token,/tk - ? Not sure what this was intended to be

DISABLED v - ? Voice macro, possibly reserved for future use as a voice command

Metacommands

Metacommands pass data to the WoW client to affect its appearance on the action bar. Metacommands are preceded by a "#" symbol. Unknown metacommands will be silently ignored.

show - Affects the button's icon on the Action Bar.

showtooltip - tooltip - Affects the button's icon and tooltip on the Action Bar.

showcooldown - Affects the button's cooldown display on the Action Bar. (not a real command, this executes as "#show")

See Also

• User Interface
• Portal:Interface customization
• List of emotes

External links

• Official UI and Macros Forum
• Official UI and Macros Forum (EU)