ElvUI Set Up Guide - Learn How To Use ElvUI!

ElvUI can be a pretty daunting add on to set up at first glance. This video is intended to help you get more familiar with using ElvUI so that you can customize your World of Warcraft Shadowlands user interface just the way you like it! Timestamps can be found below to help you easily navigate through the video.
Paste Bin link to my own ElvUI Profile: pastebin.com/SLKaWzD4
0:00 Intro
0:39 Installation
2:30 Commands
3:30 General
5:25 Action Bars
11:47 Bags
14:50 Buffs and Debuffs
16:21 Chat
17:48 Cooldown Text
18:20 DataBars
19:29 DataTexts
19:45 Maps
21:41 NamePlates
24:17 Skins
25:09 Tooltip
25:33 UnitFrames
28:02 Profiles
29:01 MoveUI
30:29 Outro
Outro music: Ethereal by ALBON
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[@user2167-gz9ki]

A true beginner's guide for Elvui. It is well-organized and presented.Thanks for this helpful video. 👍👍👍

[@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz__]

exactly the elvUI tutorial i was looking for. great stuff

[@Jakinto]

thank you! I'm glad to hear it!

[@Petq011]

Where the F#$@% do I even find it to download it to begin with? CurseForge only brings up addons to it that require it to run, but doesn't bring the actual thing...

[@TheButteryGamer]

I have to say, i have done a lot of research, watched countless videos, read various articles on the website about how to properly set-up Elv UI and NOT ONE video has helped me as much as this video has, thank you so very much, defo got a sub from me today

[@BalgaBear]

wow! first 30 seconds you answered the ONLY two questions I had about the interface addon! aboslutely fantastic! (how to move UI and how to get rid of the bottom transparent bar)

[@Puskara_Waterflower]

Well done! Thanks for this. It's been a struggle getting back into WoW. This was a big help!

[@Jakinto]

Thank you! Glad I can help :) Good luck with getting back into WoW! It can definitely be daunting with all the new features

[@CAUTIONimaNegro]

I really appreciate you making this video. I am new to WoW and thought this UI addon would be nice to have but several other videos that I checked out about this addon did not go into much detail. This video went over all of the settings and tabs that I had questions about and it really helped me to fine tune my UI. Thank you so much and keep up the great work 👍👍

[@Jakinto]

Thank you, I really appreciate it!! I'm glad I could help :) It's always great to hear of new WoW players joining the community!

[@user-jr3zm1jb5s]

Much appreciated. UI interface has changed a small bit from this post, but you def got me on track. Thanks for the time and work.

[@danielfine3868]

Is that why he has more options in settings? I was thinking I missed some addons

[@Maeddn11]

Thank you for this guide. Clear on point and the necessary features covered to get started. I might give it a try after I saw your video. Never liked the look of it, but found out about the customization of frames and such and with the many faults my "old" add-ons have, I guess it's time to switch.

[@pashmak990]

Great in-depth explanation of all the ElvUI options. Thank you!

[@Jakinto]

Thank you so much! :)

[@jonasbkgaard3508]

So helpful! Been looking for some time and really did not find a video that could help me until i saw yours :D

[@Jakinto]

Glad I could help! :)

[@silviasteeve]

thnx, been running elvui now for about 5 years, but sometimes remember forgotten aspects over time

[@BWiSmith]

Hey thanks for this fantastic video, great video marks for reference, and you do a great job explaining everything!

[@Jakinto]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that :)

[@shawnbayard2128]

Just came back, used ElvUI before and because of you I will be using it again, Thank you

[@Jakinto]

Welcome back! I'm glad to hear it :)

[@Presence_o_Mind]

Keep up the great videos bro. You'll be in the thousands of subscribers in no time. Can't wait to see more of your blood dk analysis vids too in mythic. So helpful.

[@Jakinto]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it :) I’ll definitely work on more bdk analysis videos soon!

[@Presence_o_Mind]

Can't wait man. No other legit dks are really doing it. Only other classes which we can only take some info from.

[@Jakinto]

@@Presence_o_Mind Yeah I noticed the lack of support for the blood dk as well which I found odd. I definitely want to make videos on every aspect of the spec to get all of that information out there! Might take a bit though as there is a lot to cover haha

[@madear44]

Great beginners guide to getting started! Thanks you for making it.

[@Hosheezy]

Great video!!! Super helpful and straight to the point. Thanks for the video!!

[@RealRotkohl]

Great tutorial, loving ElvUI so far.

[@Jakinto]

Thank you! Glad to hear you've enjoying ElvUI :)

[@Miracleinfmd]

I used your UI-settings for my dk. Love it :D

[@Jakinto]

I'm glad to hear it! :D

[@TheShabaa]

This was the best "learn how to" video I ever seen for WOW. One thing I still need to ask is how to get the options for the chat like Emotion..

[@bryant5230]

Thank you. I'm a fan for life now. Smooches!

[@Jakinto]

Thank you so much!! :)

[@selbystrikesback88]

Great getting started video! good work :D

[@chillyspoon]

Solid tutorial - thank you for posting this!

[@Jakinto]

Thank you! :)

[@Elavats]

Nice elvUI introduction, thanks for posting it

[@Jakinto]

Thanks for watching!!

[@martykowal]

very good guide. all the answers ive been looking for

[@Jakinto]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching :)

[@VerySaneDr]

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks for the thorough walkthrough.

[@Jakinto]

I'm glad to hear it! :)

[@elizabethurr5941]

This was really helpful, thank you!

[@Jakinto]

I’m glad I could help :)

[@EduardoSantos-el4yh]

This is awesome!! Thank you so much👏❤️

[@Jakinto]

Any time!! :) Thanks for watching!

[@DeInterSect]

I usually don't leave comment but this was an extremely good tutorial so you deserved it buddy

[@Jakinto]

Thank you I really appreciate it! Glad I could help :D

[@no1likeyou]

Wow, thanks for this. Great vid. 👍👌

[@jacksonbritain9624]

Exactly what I was after, well done mate. A link to this video should be on the creators webpage.

[@pantsmcginty3421]

Downloaded Elvui, last night, looked at it and turned it off. Thanks for this vid, I can now go and set it up easily.

[@Jakinto]

Haha yeah ElvUI is quite daunting at first. Thanks for watching and good luck with your ElvUI set up!

[@MM-td8ch]

Thanks man that was Super helpful!!

[@TheBrutalBrunost]

Great tutorial! but I would like to see how you set up your UI. There's some minor things I struggle to find myself and I'd like to see how you put up yours :) thank you again for a great video!

[@Jakinto]

Thank you so much! I can definitely look into creating a video showing how I set up my ElvUI, great suggestion!

[@frank68x]

great vid. I'm sold on ElvUI!

[@Jakinto]

Thank you!! It's a great UI for sure!

[@juggernaught79]

Glad I found this! Well done!

[@Jakinto]

Thank you! :)

[@Aintbencc]

jakinto god bless u for this guide

[@pckroezen]

Good guide, thanks!

[@aegontargaryen3850]

Awesome tutorial. Keep it up!

[@Jakinto]

Thank you!! :)

[@Kam1]

thank you for taking the time and uploading the tutorial. It helped a lot for someone like me who haven't played WoW in like 15 years. BTW can you explain how I can setup my quest log and the Map and quest log the way you have it. Edit : NVM I realized it's for legacy wow.

[@Jakinto]

I'm very glad I can help! Welcome back to WoW :)

[@IglooGirl1]

I downloaded elvui last night & spent a couple hours trying to figure out what was where, where to look etc & got pretty frustrated as i've been using the old school original wow interface since i started 15 years ago lol. this video was soooooooooooo helpful. Thank you for saving my sanity :) The only thing i cant figure out from this is how to make it so the /ec interface is opaque instead of the current translucent style. I like the look of yours a lot better, easier on the ol' eyes :) Thanks again! edit: subbed! & you're a fellow Canadian!? sweet :D

[@Jakinto]

I'm very glad to hear that I could help and thank you so much for the sub! :) ElvUI is definitely very daunting at first and it takes a while to figure out all the ins and outs of the addon. To change the opacity and/or colour of the interface, you can go to General -> Media and at the bottom in the Colors section, click on the box next to "Backdrop Faded Color". This will allow you to change the transparency of the menu with the sliding bar that appears in the pop up color wheel as well as change the color of the interface if you would like to do so. I hope this helps! Also I am a fellow Canadian from west coast BC! :D

[@IglooGirl1]

@@Jakinto omg yes it's a huge help, THANK YOU! what a huge difference! not so straining on the eyes. yay! lol this is great! I'm a BC'er too :) grew up on the island, suffered in the fraser valley for a while & now in the okanagan :)

[@Jakinto]

@@IglooGirl1 Any time! Gotta save those eyes haha xD That's awesome that you're from BC as well! I've alternated living on the island and in Vancouver throughout the years but I'm currently residing on the island. I've only been to the okanagan (mostly Kelowna) a few times but I really like it there! :)

[@RonaldAraujo4]

THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO, LEGEND!

[@Jakinto]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@lawlkn]

thank you very much sir, very helpful and detailed!!

[@Jakinto]

Thank you so much! :)

[@jakeimbrogno3250]

Best tutorial out there !

[@Jakinto]

Thank you so much!! :)

[@Flair3777]

Appreciate the informative video!

[@Jakinto]

Glad I can help :)

[@numbdark5894]

28:50 broke my heart , but you helped me alote

[@radoiconstantincatalin1906]

A 10 + for this perfect guide

[@Jakinto]

Thank you! :D

[@Euadam]

Thanks, this has been handy

[@mon0theist_tv]

Super helpful thanks man

[@amelvin32]

@25:42 When you are explaining how to adjust unit frames > Raid Frames. Just hit the tab that says display Frames, and then it would of gave you 20 raid frames you could of adjusted for your demonstration.

[@joeleeman9886]

Great video Ive referred back to it several times but im having a big issue, I cant figure out how to see buffs and debuffs on party frames. Its enabled in unit frames>party but shows nothing?

[@enrgy8232]

Nice tutorial ✅

[@Jakinto]

Thank you! :)

[@michaelmelvin7045]

Super helpful. Thank you.

[@Jakinto]

Thanks for watching!!

[@bravos2709]

Hey, question, how to edit look of my healthbar? i got elvui + plater settings for enemy plates but i want to adjust font and overall look of my personal healthbar as it looks terrible on default ELVUI settings but i cant find them anywhere.....

[@FreeBait]

Nice guide

[@Jakinto]

Thank you!!

[@monaastar]

Thank you!

[@oliviermaigrot9273]

thanks for the tutorial, quick question here, i want to be able to have the bar with character selction, guild, talent, pvp at a clic and you elvui dont show this nice and usefull bar> as i have already bind all the key that was opening those tabs for action keys

[@Sassgardian21]

Great and helpful, but I'm blessed with poor eyesight and have to have my UI large enough to see buttons, but can't seem to make the text smaller because it is HUGE and cuts off due to font size. Not in the chat box, in windows like trade skills and vendors. Where would I find this setting?

[@kobrauk5379]

Great content mate i am new to elvui and this really helped but do you know If i go into stealth or change stances on warrior how do i get it so my action bar changes relevant to stealth/stance

[@augustdrums1247]

I have all the plugins done but for some reason I didn't get the core dependent one in. Anyone know what I missed?

[@adiosv20]

how do you toggle the blizzard bar to show like adventure guide, character page, spellbook, all that

[@Devonellah]

I'm not seeing Debuff COLORS on my Party Frames or Raid Frames -- how do you ensure you can see Debuff Colors as a overlay on Party and Raid Frames and only show Dispellable Debuffs? :)

[@tomales9588]

Thanks for this video, the only thing that i just still cant figure out is how to remove the right chat window. I dont have the "close window" option there, so i dont know what to do about it.

[@SpankNShanksMT]

sir loved the video but im only having a problem of getting rid of the picture of my char in the top left to move like i have health bar and my name next to action bars but cant move this other one

[@Eas_the_Planeswalker]

My hp bar changes color when l lose hp. Any way of turning that off? I would like it to stay class color.

[@fadian9367]

Is there way to make it so i can see only certain buffs clearly, for example im a fury warrior and id like to see if my whirlwind still has proc's left or not?

[@TheVince099]

thank you so much for this. hope you make a video for newbie. beginner how to play this wow or whats addons for newbie. thank you so much youve got a new subscriber. thanks

[@geraldng4972]

Very informative. But pls share how to change the font size used in those quest dialogue box.that appears on the left...the words are SOO small....>.

[@sultanalmheiri4384]

thank you so much m8 !

[@Mustaach]

Hey, how do i get the healthbars what we see in the beginning of the video? Or is it an weakaura?

[@NoLogged]

when i try to download, in the addon menu it said dependency missing. i downloaded it through the curse client, and it is the wow addons folder. please help. The ui doesnt even show up when i load the addon in game.

[@goofyskulls]

awsome video. what is the damage add on and the healing addon called .

[@highoffdeezmemes6315]

I can’t find the area where I put the names plates into % and health. I can’t also find this in my unit frames

[@artumus136]

my chat wont show up and idk why. Tried reinstalling, redownloading and looking into settings. Nothing has worked, i have the chat box but anything that anyone says or posts just doesnt come up. i can /say and see my chat bubble come up but nothing in the chat box. Yes /s and /raid, /party is all enabled. Any suggestions? Oh, and this problem is only on one character. The rest are fine and everything is working.

[@network-nub6687]

2 Questions... 1) How do i change my vehicle ui bar to a different bar? e.g from bar 1 to bar 3 2) When i do mind control as a priest, im having trouble dismissing the MC as the add icon is not displayed below my unitframe. im using for 3.3.5 pvt server wotlk version Elvui

[@Fluffywingman]

how do you change the letter size of the keybindings on the bars

[@wowflix9673]

thank you dude.

[@noahnelson5703]

Hey when I try to use the /ec command it won't let me enter it do you know if it's a glitch

[@rz810]

Why when I past a UI it show everything but not my elvui health bar it shows me the wow health bar instead ? help

[@hoseinpa5296]

Hey, how to bring back the right chat with title of trade/loot?

[@Iddy267]

how do I change the way questbox text looks? I have it very small and weird looking atm, and would like that to change how do I do this? I know im asking very specific questions lol, dont worry u cowered everything in the video but this one is just probably too specific.

[@Jaminskii]

In pvp it only shows enemy hp bars as a percent - how do i change it to HP values ??

[@venomousSpidey-bp1jc]

i get error decoding data.import string may be corrupted.when trying to import.Iam i doing something wrong?

[@no_sh]

Hello, nice video thank you! I have one problem, I found an Elvui Profile for my mage and impored it ... everything works fine there ... now I wanted to have the same UI-look on my DK ... Is it possible that some stuff is class specific and kinda messed up my DK now? I can't see the Pet bar for example ... and die "aura procs" (the bars that appear when you get free-casts etc) are missing too I think... thx for any Tips ... am kinda lost

[@Jakinto]

Thank you!! Yeah importing an ElvUI profile for one class may cause some issues when using it for a different class as it is likely not set up for that different class. For your pet bar, you should be able to enable it and edit it's look but going to ActionBars -> Pet Bar and configuring its settings from there. As for Aura Procs, I do not believe ElvUI has an option for this, but you should be able to enablge Aura Procs in the Blizzard Interface settings by going to Game Menu -> Interface -> Combat -> Spell Alert Opacity and setting that to high (or off if you prefer). I hope this helps!

[@walter5668]

it says "Import string may be corrupted" when I tried to copy your profile, can you possibly update this pastebin?

[@maynator]

This is a fantastic tutorial great job! Question how did you get your good you show up like? Also can you get your bags to pop up if you click that gold icon?

[@Jakinto]

Thank you!! I don't understand your first question unfortunately but to get your bags to pop up, you click the bag icon that is between the gold coins icon and the brush icon within your bags.

[@GhostSolar]

hey at 0:00 at the start of the video how do i make my unit frames looks like your HP bar? for example your says Jakinto 42.4k and 100% ive fiddled with all the settings but cant seem to find out how to make it look like this? please respond ive been googling this and cant find any answers EDIT i just decided to import your profile....lol saved me lots of trouble

[@Jakinto]

Haha perfect! Let me know if you have any questions or need any assistance with my profile :)

[@bmilewski]

Great tutorial but your ElvUI profile link dosnt work. Every time when I try import codee ElvUI says about error in code

[@2Ownage4UOfficial]

Thanks so much! I've been fiddling around with the chat boxes (normal+trade). Is there a way to make them appear with activity (incoming messages/etc.) and fade out when nothing has happened for a while? Not just transparent but fade out entirely. I know u can toggle it with a keybind, but I want it to happen automatically with 'activity' as I like to call it. Im not talking about the text in the chat frames (although that of course too at the same time the frames would fade out). I know you can do that w text in ElvUI. Is there a way to do this with ElvUI (I dont think so), a plugin or an addon?

[@Jakinto]

Unfortunately I don't believe that this is possible with ElvUI. There may be a plugin or addon that is able to do this but I'm not familiar with it if there is one out there. Sorry I couldn't be of more help with this issue but thanks for watching!!

[@2Ownage4UOfficial]

@@Jakinto ahh oh well

[@lesliesagwal8119]

thank you so much...download it you will love it...after you figure it out...lol

[@godlike931]

Great tutorial. Do you know how i can move my buttons of other addons on the minimap cus they are in the middle

[@Jakinto]

Thank you!! Unfortunately I have not been able to find a fix for this issue within ElvUI currently as I believe the option it previously had to group these addon buttons has been removed. However, there are other addons you can get to group up these addons buttons and place them where you would like. Minimap Button Frame is a popular one that is used to perform this function.

[@spazzdaddy10p75]

why is blizzard default chat box still on my screen I don't know how to remove it either

[@johnnychipello919]

it would have been nice to see where you got the elvui from. Great vid though!..thanks!

[@franciscop631]

Got a problem, hope u can help, blood dk raise undead on default has a special timer on blizzar ui that elvui does not show and i cant check how much time i have left on the undead to sac it, how can i put it on elvui

[@Jakinto]

The duration of your ghoul from Raise Dead can be tracked using the Class Totems option. This is found on the General tab of ElvUI. You just have to enable Class Totems and adjust the buttons to how you like them! I found this out recently as well and I have updated my ElvUI profile on wago.io to include this which can be found here: wago.io/GG4xB95gT

[@itsbinkgamingtv4330]

How do i get my charater and mount buttons to show up again

[@tydiehl6209]

doesn't let me import says it's corrupted... hmm would love an updated version of this video cause theres things I'm still trying to figure out and it's now 2022, great video though!

[@jeanbryot6765]

my ElvUi scale Ui is very smoll i dont know why i already change it scale UI but still smoll, is it my monitor?

[@deezed7232]

Hey, where I can find the option for Venthyr Kyrian etc symbol on my map?

[@Jakinto]

If you go to the ElvUI Menu and select Maps -> Minimap -> Garrison Report, make sure the "Hide" option is not checked. If it is checked, uncheck Hide and reload your UI. If it is not checked, try to click off the "Enable" button on Maps -> Minimap, then re-enable it and reload your UI. I have heard both of these fixes have worked for others. I hope this helps!

[@dukoo]

Hey, question i dont want elvui and everything that comes with it but the only thing i want from elvui is the black theme like the menu color and talents are all sort of black i only want the black color but nothing else is there a way to get that iinstead of the whole elvui package ?

[@Jakinto]

You would be able to do this by downloading ElvUI and disabling all of the other parts of ElvUI that you do not want, which will revert those components to the standard Blizzard UI. This might take a little while as disabling certain components required you to reload your UI so it would be a fair number of reloads. I am not sure if there is an easier way to do this other than that. I hope this helps!

[@TimmsMJ]

Thank you so much.

[@Jakinto]

Any time! Thanks for watching!

[@MrWartime2]

anyone know of a way to show mana bar and energy bar while in druid cat form