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⭐ How to Back Up and Restore Your World of Warcraft UI ⭐
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Tired of losing your addon setups after a reinstall, patch, or fresh Windows install? Here’s a simple guide on how to back up and restore your full WoW UI — addons, settings, WeakAuras, macros, keybinds, and profiles — all in one go.
📦 What You Need to Back Up
You only need two folders inside your WoW directory:
Code:
World of Warcraft_retail_\Interface
World of Warcraft_retail_\WTF
If you’re playing Classic, use _classic_ or _classic_era_ instead of _retail_.
Interface → Contains all your addons.
WTF → Contains all settings, profiles, keybinds, and SavedVariables.
To back them up, simply copy these folders to a safe place (USB drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.).
You can also right-click and
“Send to → Compressed (zipped) folder” to make a single backup file.
🔁 How to Restore Your UI
If you ever reinstall WoW or need to move your UI to another PC:
Close WoW completely.
Go to your WoW install folder → _retail_.
Rename or delete your current WTF and Interface folders (just in case).
Extract or copy your backup versions back into _retail_.
Launch the game.
✅ Your entire UI will be instantly restored — no need to re-import anything!
💾 About SavedVariables
Your personal addon settings are stored here:
Code:
WTF\Account<YourAccountName>\SavedVariables
If you only restore this folder, addons will automatically load your old settings the next time you log in — as long as the addon is installed and enabled.
You
do not need to re-import profiles manually. WoW reads those .lua files on startup.
⚠️ Notes
Make sure you’re restoring to the
same account and region (settings are account-specific).
If an addon updated and changed its saved variable format, some old settings may not apply — this is rare.
You can back up individual addon settings by copying only their .lua files from SavedVariables.
⚙️ Optional: One-Click Backup Script
You can automate backups with a simple Windows .bat file. Save this code as BackupUI.bat inside your WoW folder:
Code:
[MENTION=374979]echo[/MENTION] off
set src=%~dp0_retail_
set dest=%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\WoW_UI_Backup.zip
echo Creating backup...
powershell Compress-Archive -Path "%src%\WTF","%src%\Interface" -DestinationPath "%dest%" -Force
echo Backup complete! File saved to Desktop.
pause
Double-click the file anytime to create a fresh ZIP backup on your Desktop.
💡 That’s it!
You can now reinstall Windows or move to a new PC without ever losing your UI again.