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This article describes all of the macro commands (or slash commands) recognized by World of Warcraft (without addons). To use a slash command, enter its name preceded by a slash, and followed by any parameters the command takes into the chat box (for example, /say Hello Azeroth!). The command names are not case sensitive, and you may combine multiple commands in a macro by putting each command on a new line.

In the list below, commands with multiple aliases are generally listed under the most expanded alias.

Battle pet commands

• randomfavoritepet - Summon a random favorite battle pet.
• summonpet - Summon the specified battle pet.
• dismisspet - Dismiss your battle pet.

Blizzard Interface commands

These functions open a part of the Blizzard Interface

• achievements - Opens the Achievements interface.
• calendar - Opens the Calendar interface.
• guildfinder - Opens the Guild Finder tool.
• dungeonfinder - Opens the Dungeon Finder interface.
• loot - Open loot history
• macro - Opens the Macro interface.
• raidfinder - Opens the Raid Browser.
• share - Share to Twitter.
• stopwatch - Opens the Stopwatch interface.

Chat commands

All custom chat messages can make use of the chat substitutions to insert dynamic content into messages.

• afk - Marks you as "Away From Keyboard".
• announce - Toggle channel announcements.
• ban - Bans a user from a user-created chat channel.
• battleground - Sends a chat message to your battleground.
• csay - Sends chat text to a channel referenced by number only.
• chatinvite - Invite a user to a user-created chat channel.
• chatlist - 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 - Displays a list of commonly used chat commands.
• ckick - Kicks a user from a user-created chat channel.
• emote - Perform an emote with the given text.
• dnd - Marks you as "Do Not Disturb".
• guild - Sends a chat message to your guild.
• join - Joins or creates a user-created chat channel.
• leave - Leaves a user-created chat channel.
• moderator - Sets moderation in a user-created chat channel.
• mute - Prevents a user from speaking (voice or text) in a user-created chat channel.
• officer - Sends a chat message to your guild's officer channel.
• owner - Displays or changes the owner of a user-created chat channel.
• password - Sets or removes a password on a user-created chat channel.
• party - Sends a chat message to your party.
• raid - Sends a chat message to your raid.
• rw - Sends a raid warning to your raid.
• reply - Replies to the last user to send you a whisper with a message.
• resetchat - Resets chat settings to default.
• say - Sends a chat message to players in your immediate local area.
• unban - Unbans a user from a user-created chat channel.
• unmoderator - Removes moderation from a user-created chat channel.
• unmute - Allows a user to speak (voice or text) in a user-created chat channel.
• whisper - Sends a private chat message to a player in a whisper.
• yell - 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 an item to its default slot.
• equipset - Change equipped items to a set stored in the Equipment Manager
• equipslot - Equip an item to a specific slot.
• friend - Adds a player to your Friends list.
• follow - Set yourself to follow the selected target
• ignore - Adds a player to your ignore list
• 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 - 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

DevTools

• api - Query the WoW API documentation.
• tableinspect - Open the table inspector.
• eventtrace - Allows the user to trace events in-game.
• framestack - Allows the user to see all frames under the cursor.
• dump - Displays the value of a given variable.

Emotes

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
  %read
   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
   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

Other emote aliases:

 congratulate (same as grats,congrats)
 disappointment (same as frown,disappointed)
 objection (same as object,holdit)

Combat commands

These functions pertain to combat

• cancelaura - Cancels (turns off) an aura you have.
• cancelqueuedspell - Cancels casting of the spell you have in the queue.
• cancelform - Cancels your current shapeshift form.
• cast - Uses the stated spell or item (conflict in names goes to spell on "cast").
• castrandom - Casts a random spell or uses a random item from the given list.
• castsequence - Casts the given spells in sequential order.
• changeactionbar - Changes your current action bar page.
• startattack - Turns on auto-attack.
• stopattack - Turns off auto-attack.
• stopcasting - Stops casting or channeling.
• stopspelltarget - Cancel the spell or ability currently being targetted.
• swapactionbar - Swaps between two given action bars.
• use - Use the stated item or spell (conflict in names goes to item on "use").
• usetoy - Use a toy.
• userandom - Casts a random spell or uses a random item from the given list.

Guild commands

• guilddemote - Demotes a guild-member.
• guilddisband - Disbands a guild.
• guildinfo - Displays information about your guild.
• guildinvite - Invites a player to join your guild.
• guildleader - Makes another guild member the new Guild Master.
• guildquit - Removes your character from your current guild.
• guildmotd - Sets the guild Message of the Day.
• guildpromote - Promotes a guild member to the next higher rank.
• guildroster - Opens the Guild window.
• guildremove - Removes a member of your guild from your guild.

Party and Raid commands

• clearworldmarker - Clears world markers
• 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 - Set the main assist.
• mainassistoff - Clears the current Main Assist.
• maintank - Set the main tank.
• maintankoff - Clears the current Main Tank.
• 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.
• requestinvite - Request to be invited to the specified group.
• targetmarker - Sets or clears a target marker from your current target.
• threshold - Sets the loot threshold to apply loot rules.
• uninvite - Removes a player from your current party or raid.
• worldmarker - Allows placement of world markers.

Pet commands

• petassist - Sets pet to assist mode.
• 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.
• petdismiss - Dismiss your pet.
• 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.

PvP commands

• duel - Challenge another player to a duel
• forfeit - Forfeit a duel.
• pvp - Sets whether or not you are attackable by other players.
• wargame - Starts a War Game.

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.
• enableaddons - Enables all addons and reloads the UI.
• help - Displays a help message with some basic commands.
• 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 - Exits the game.
• random - 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 - 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 - Targets a player's target.
• clearfocus - Clears the current focus target.
• cleartarget - Clears the current target.
• focus - Set a focus target
• target - Target the given unit by name.
• targetexact - Target the unit by exact name match.
• targetenemy - Cycle through nearby hostile units (no name matching).
• targetenemyplayer - Cycle through nearby hostile players (no name matching).
• targetfriend - Cycle through nearby friendly units (no name matching).
• targetfriendplayer - Cycle through nearby friendly players (no name matching).
• targetparty - Cycle through nearby party members (no name matching).
• targetraid - Cycle through nearby raid members (no name matching).
• targetlastenemy - Target the last attackable unit you had selected.
• targetlastfriend - Target the last friendly unit you had selected.
• targetlasttarget - Sets your current target to the last unit you had selected.

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

Disabled commands

These commands are recognized by the WoW client, but do not perform any actions.

• usetalents - Change to a different dual spec.
• petaggressive - aggressive AI was replaced with assist. (deprecated in 4.2)