How to find my old WoW characters?

How to look up your old WoW character?

You can use the Wowhead Profiler to view information about your character's equipment and stats, locate lost pets or mounts, and view your quest and achievement history. Enter your realm and character name to load your character in the Profiler.

What happened to my classic WoW characters?

They still exist, they're just in WotLK. You had about one year to choose to keep them in classic, but you probably missed the deadline if you've been away for multiple years.

How to find all deleted characters on WoW account?

Unfortunately, there is no way to pull up a list of all your deleted characters. It can only be done by realm, through the Wow client. Are you looking for a particular character?

How to find my WoW character name?

Launch the game, go to the in-game store. Select Character transfer and go through the prompts, you'll get a drop-down listing all the character on that account and what server they are on.

How to restore missing characters on WOW/WOTLK/Shadowlands/Dragonflight?

Can I recover my old WoW character?

Yes, within 90 days of deletion. Yes, within 120 days of deletion. If a character doesn't appear on your list, it means it was purged from the database because it was below level 50 and it was deleted too long ago. Purged characters cannot be restored by any means.

Does WoW delete inactive accounts?

Blizzard does not delete characters - all your characters will still be around.

How long does WoW keep deleted characters?

Yes, within 120 days of deletion. After the above retention periods, deleted characters are purged from the database and will no longer be visible on the character restoration list. Customer support cannot delete characters from the restoration list. Please log in to submit feedback.

Does uninstalling WoW delete characters?

Absolutely not! All of your WoW progress is tied to your account, so you don't need to worry about losing progression when you uninstall or unsubscribe from WoW. If you feel the itch to return, your characters will be waiting for you, just as you left them.

Does World of Warcraft delete your characters?

we don't wipe characters. You should find them primarily on Ravencrest and Dark Iron with a few low levels on Blackrock, Icecrown and Lightbringer. Keep in mind, the website may not list characters that haven't been logged into for awhile so be sure you are checking the correct realm in the World of Warcraft client.

Can I see my WoW characters without a subscription Classic?

On top of the list you have a dropdown menu that let's you choose specific account. You then expand realm you want to check from classic and it will show you all of your characters there. That way you can check what account has them.

Does WoW Classic still exist?

Many players, new and old, are returning to Vanilla WoW, now called Classic Era. This is the permanent level-60 version of the game, initially released in 2019. And yes, people are still playing it and having fun doing all of the things that classic WoW has to offer.

Does WoW Classic carry over?

It is not possible to transfer a WoW Classic character to another WoW account or Battle.net account. It is not possible to transfer a character between Modern WoW, WoW Classic, and Wrath of the Lich King Classic.

What happened to all my wow characters?

If you've returned to World of Warcraft after a long absence, you may need to refresh your character stats. To do so: Select the realm your characters were on, on the character select screen. Create a new character on that realm to refresh your character list.

Can I see all my wow characters?

At the battle.net client game tab, Account dropdown you can select which one to login to and then select your realm and see your characters.

How to find wow accounts?

Will I lose my character if I uninstall new world?

Should be fine, just collect 5 branches and a small stone before you uninstall. No it will not.

What happens when WoW subscription ends?

After canceling, your World of Warcraft account will be playable until your current game time expires. Your account status will then change to Inactive and you can pick up from where you left off by adding more game time.

What does deleting the WTF folder in WoW do?

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.

How do I recover my old Blizzard account?

If you have forgotten the email address registered to your Battle.net Account, and set up phone notifications, you can recover it through our recovery tool. If you don't know your password, try to perform a password reset. To recover your security question, contact Customer Support.

How to play WoW after a long break?

Is there a WoW armory?

The Armory is a searchable database of information for World of Warcraft. Since the Armory pulls its data from the actual game servers, it is the most comprehensive database on the characters, arena teams, and guilds of World of Warcraft in existence.

Why can't I find my character on WoW armory?

It usually is because the character has not registered with the armory yet. Of course, classic character don't have armory data to check manually, but usually if you log in and out a few times the character should eventually become available to pick in the forum list. It might just take a bit to allow that to happen.

Does Blizzard ban inactive accounts?

No, your account will always stay as is, as long as it is secure.

Do Blizzard accounts expire?

Accounts expire after 90 days of inactivity, and after that point someone else can claim the same account name.