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This function is restricted. #hwevent - This requires a hardware event i.e. keyboard/mouse input. #noscript - This cannot be called directly from /script, loadstring and WeakAuras. * Limited to deleting a single item per hardware event. As of 2022-09-17 Classic (Vanilla and Wrath) can delete multiple items per hardware event and has no NOSCRIPT protection.

Destroys the item held by the cursor.

DeleteCursorItem()

Details

• This does not deselect the item, this destroys it. Use ClearCursor() to drop an item from the cursor without destroying it.

Patch changes

Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02): Protected when called from a (macro) script. Limited to deleting a single item per hardware event.
Patch 9.0.2 (2020-11-17): Requires a hardware event. A single hw event is sufficient for destroying multiple items.