# Can we check current value of console variable?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/can-we-check-current-value-of-console-variable/465978>\
**Category:** Pipeline & Plugins\
**Tags:** console-commands, unreal-engine, editor, UE4, question\
**Created:** [May 29, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/can-we-check-current-value-of-console-variable/465978 "2020-05-29T18:09:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Velu12](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/velu12/32/250028_2.png) [@Velu12](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Velu12)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/can-we-check-current-value-of-console-variable/465978/1 "2020-05-29T18:09:18Z")

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As in title, can we somehow check current or default value for console command before we change it?

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**Author:** ![ClockworkOcean](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/clockworkocean/32/1169999_2.png) [@ClockworkOcean](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClockworkOcean)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/can-we-check-current-value-of-console-variable/465978/2 "2020-05-29T18:17:50Z")

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You can use this node:

![303141-console.jpg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/1/a/2/1a2d0b7349ccd08f2496e3143af89c52a27f1107.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Velu12](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/velu12/32/250028_2.png) [@Velu12](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Velu12)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/can-we-check-current-value-of-console-variable/465978/3 "2020-05-29T18:24:51Z")

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Thank you! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Xrenyn\_the\_Mage](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Xrenyn\_the\_Mage](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Xrenyn_the_Mage)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/can-we-check-current-value-of-console-variable/465978/4 "2025-11-06T13:05:48Z")

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If you want to check the values of console variables manually in the editor, a quicker way would be Unreal’s [Console Variables Editor plugin](https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/console-variables-editor).