Cleaning up your WoW folder

[thinus]

Thought this may be of interest to some people:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=21048546090&sid=1


You may delete anything in the World of Warcraft folder except these files and folders:

<Folder> Data
BackgroundDownloader.exe
Battle.net.dll
dbghelp.dll
DivxDecoder.dll
ijl15.dll
Launcher.exe
Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
msvcr80.dll
Patch.html
Patch.txt
Repair.exe
Scan.dll
unicows.dll
Wow.exe
WowError.exe

That'll leave a barebones World of Warcraft installation. This will remove any addon saved variables files as well as screenshots, old patch installers and such. If you've used the online installer, you can open the World of Warcraft Installer shortcut on your desktop and delete the files inside. If you're on Windows Vista, you may delete the Blizzard Entertainment folder in C:\Users\Public\Documents\


If you want to keep your addons then keep the Interface folder.
If you want to keep your settings and addon settings then keep the WTF folder.

Some addon related data may be in other folders like Fonts for instance.

[jettzypher]

well thats nice to know. always wondered what i can get rid of in there....folder started at like 4gb, now its up to almost 10.

[lans83]

mine's pushin 18gigs. really glad you posted this info. time for some cleanin