List of slash commands in World of Warcraft

This article is a list of slash commands. Some slash commands require a parameter, and some commands have optional parameters. For example, /join takes two parameters, one option and one required. So it is listed as /join [password]. In this case, must be given, but [password] can be left off.

Basic Commands
/?, /h, /help
Displays some help about using various commands.

/a, /assist [player]
Assists [player] or your current target by targetting what they are targetting.

/camp, /logout
Starts the logout progress, after which you will be returned to the Character Select screen.

/cast, /spell
Casts the spell or uses the ability .

/combatlog
Toggles writing of the combat log to your hard disk.

/dismount
Dismounts you.

/mountspecial
Your mount will do a special emotion (not all mounts capable to do so).

/equip
Equips any equip able item in your inventory.

/exit, /quit
Starts the logout process, after which World of Warcraft will completely exit.

/f, /fol, /follow [player]
Starts automatically following [player] or your current target.

/ins, /inspect [player]
Inspects [player] or your current target. Can be used across factions since patch 2.4.

/gm
Opens Knowledge Base

/played
Displays the total amount of time played.

/rand, /random, /rnd, /roll [minimum] [maximum]
Rolls a random number between [minimum] and [maximum], inclusive. If only one number is given, then the range is defined as 1 to that number. If no numbers are given, then 1 to 100 is used. This number is then displayed to everyone in the same party or raid group as yourself and to everybody within /say range.

/tar, /target
Attempts to target the player named by . (See TargetByName for details of how this works.)

/time
Displays the current in game time. (This is the time displayed on the clock tooltip.)

/tr, /trade [player]
Brings up the trade dialog with [player] or your current target.

/use [item]
uses the specified item (food, trinkets ect)

/who [search]
Searches based on the given parameter, or runs a default search if no search is specified. The results of the search will be listed in the chat window. If no search is specified, the search dialog will be displayed.

/reload
Reload the user interface. May be usefull when an addon fails and must be restarted, as you can do this with this command without having to logout.




Chat Commands
These commands are used to say things to other players. Unless otherwise noted, these channels are displayed in your current language. So, for example, if a Night Elf is currently speaking in Darnassian, Human players would not be able to understand them.

/e, /em, /emote, /me
Emotes to all players in the general area, similar to /say, except displayed as 'Player '. So, for example, '/emote loves the World of Warcraft.' would be displayed as 'Player loves the World of Warcraft.' Unlike other chat commands, this one does not use your current language. Across faction boundaries it simply displays 'Player makes some strange gestures.'

/bg
Displays to all other raid members while in a PvP battleground.

/c, /csay
Sends to all players in . This does not use your current language. You can also use /# (where # is the channel number) to send a message to .

/g, /gc, /gu, /guild
Displays to all members in your guild.

/o, /osay
Displays to all officers in your guild. (You must have the 'Officer Chat Speak' privilege to use this)

/p, /party
Displays to all other party members. This does not include other people in your raid group, use /raid for that.

/r, /reply
Replies to the last player to send you a /whisper

/ra, /raid, /rsay
Displays to all other raid members. While in a PvP battleground, use /bg instead.

/s, /say
Displays to other players in the general area.

/send, /t, /tell, /w, /whisper
Sends the private message to . No other players will see the message.

/sh, /shout, /y, /yell
Displays to other players in the area. The area of players that will see the message is larger than the area when /say is used.

/v
Plays the sound associated with the given voice macro .




Online Status
/afk [message]
Toggles Away From Keyboard status. status appears next to your name. This command also forces an immediate exit from any PvP battleground. If you enter a message, players sending you a /whisper will be sent this message in addition to the standard message.

/dnd [message]
Toggles Do Not Disturb status. When DND is set, you cannot receive /whisper messages. A player attempting to send a /whisper will be notified that you have Do Not Disturb set. If you specify a message, they will also be sent that message.




Friends List
/friend, /friends [player]
Adds [player] or your current target to your friends list. If nothing is targeted, your friend list will be displayed. See /remfriend.

/ignore [player]
Ignore chat messages from [player] or your current target. Use /unignore to undo this.

/remfriend, /removefriend [player]
Removes [player] or your current target from your friends list. See /friends.

/unignore [player]
Remove [player] or your current target from your ignore list. See /ignore.



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