Turning Off Damage Numbers in World of Warcraft Floating combat text, commonly known as damage numbers, can clutter your screen during intense combat in World of Warcraft (WoW). While the retail version of the game removed the direct checkbox for this in the standard interface options, you can still disable them using console commands or specialized addons.
- “Damage Heals on Nameplates” (Retail)
- “Show Damage Numbers on Nameplates” (Classic)
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Enter these commands directly into your in-game chat box to toggle specific text types. Replace if you want to turn them back on. Disable Damage Numbers /console floatingCombatTextCombatDamage 0 Disable Healing Numbers /console floatingCombatTextCombatHealing 0 Disable Pet Damage /console floatingCombatTextPetMeleeDamage 0 Disable Periodic Damage (DoTs) /console floatingCombatTextCombatLogPeriodicSpells 0