I’m wanting to delete a character i have on a account i used to play on but no longer do so i can use it’s name for another character on my current account i play on. a friend of mine told me once i delete the character i would have to wait abit before i can re use the name is this true or is there a way i can use it right now
It depends on the level of the character and if you’re referring to a separate battle.net account.
If they’re on a separate battle.net and level 30+, there is a 30 day hold on the name for that battle.net.
If you’re referring to two WoW accounts under the same battle.net, then the name will be available to any wow account under the same battle.net immediately.
Lastly, if the name is on a character under level 30, the name becomes a free-for-all immediately.
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Yes you can, Coolduid. The restriction is, if the character is level 30+, once you delete it the character name goes on a cooldown for 30 days where only your Battle.net account will have access to it.
If the character is level 30+, as long as you are creating the character on one of the WoW licenses on your Battle.net account you’ll continue to have access to it.
If it’s under 30, the name will be accessible to anyone almost immediately.
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Thanks for the info guys. both character are on 2 different battle net accounts and the character i want to delete is level 93 so looks like i’m waiting abit. one last question do i need game time on my old account to be able to delete said character?
You shouldn’t no. Deleting them is done from the character select screen and you can access that even without game time, so you should be fine. Only hold-up might be if they have mail for some reason, but they shouldn’t if it’s been a long time since you’ve logged in 
Just understand, the 30 days is down to the minute you delete them and then it’s a free-for-all for that name too. So set a reminder to snag it!
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Let me use this old answer to ask a question.
Let’s say I delete a 120 character on account A, because I want that name on account B.
But I’m afraid of losing the name, so I immediately create a new lvl 1 character with that same name on account A.
After 31 days, I delete the lvl 1 on account A and create that name on account B.
Will this work?
Yes, that will work.
Saving a name by re-using it on a new level 1 character is often recommended here when waiting out that cooldown.
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