Can you delete wtf folder

Deleting character folders of characters you have deleted does not affect the game. If you delete the character folder of a character you still have, the first time you log in to that character a brand new character folder is made.

It is a way to reset most of the addon settings for just one character. It will not reset all of them though because some are shared by all your characters. Deleting Character Folders? Support Customer Support. For instance, seeing an item link will send it to the cache for easier viewing in the future sometimes if you fetch an item link through a macro it may not be able to retrieve the data from the server if the item link in question is not "there".

Deleting the WTF will remove information associated with characters, whether it is macro data, addon information, or something else. Pretty much everything except for the addon information saved variables, etc is stored server-side and is automatically retrieved each time you log in. It is handy to delete the WTF when you want to remove clutter, such as backup versions of files like the macro data or character information associated with other accounts that logged in on your computer.

This will not delete addons themselves since they are stored in the Interface folder. This will not delete characters or character information unless for some reason the servers themselves go severely haywire, in which you will lose your characters no matter what, even if you still have the WTF folder. Post by kellbyb May I ask what the wtf folder stands for? I'm pretty sure that it doesn't mean the normal usage.

Post by Lomedae May I ask what the wtf folder stands for? Inside the World of Warcraft installation folder are several Important Folders.

These are listed below:. The "Interface" folder contains another folder called "Addons" and this in turn contains all of your AddOns currently installed for this installation of WoW. If you delete or rename this folder and start WoW you will have no AddOns installed.

World of Warcraft uses this folder to store temporary data it downloads or generates during normal game play. Log In. My Tickets. Contact Support.

World of Warcraft Patch 9. Relevant Products:. Completely exit World of Warcraft. Uninstall any addon managers to make sure they don't re-add your removed addons. In the Blizzard Battle. Re-launch World of Warcraft so the changes can take effect. Advanced Troubleshooting.