diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 978c1b754f9fb..3c0b5a09f967d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -179,9 +179,6 @@ trace_tracy_memory = [
 # Tracing support
 trace = ["bevy_internal/trace"]
 
-# Save a trace of all wgpu calls
-wgpu_trace = ["bevy_internal/wgpu_trace"]
-
 # EXR image format support
 exr = ["bevy_internal/exr"]
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
index 7505c8f0be369..424a1416beca2 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ trace = [
 trace_chrome = ["bevy_log/tracing-chrome"]
 trace_tracy = ["bevy_render?/tracing-tracy", "bevy_log/tracing-tracy"]
 trace_tracy_memory = ["bevy_log/trace_tracy_memory"]
-wgpu_trace = ["bevy_render/wgpu_trace"]
 detailed_trace = ["bevy_utils/detailed_trace"]
 
 sysinfo_plugin = ["bevy_diagnostic/sysinfo_plugin"]
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_render/Cargo.toml
index 9ebd06678bfc3..834fca03f102a 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ zstd = ["ruzstd"]
 
 trace = ["profiling"]
 tracing-tracy = []
-wgpu_trace = []
 ci_limits = []
 webgl = ["wgpu/webgl"]
 webgpu = ["wgpu/webgpu"]
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/renderer/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/renderer/mod.rs
index 0983fc2131267..4c2ec51c11b38 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/renderer/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/renderer/mod.rs
@@ -195,16 +195,6 @@ pub async fn initialize_renderer(
         );
     }
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "wgpu_trace")]
-    let trace_path = {
-        let path = std::path::Path::new("wgpu_trace");
-        // ignore potential error, wgpu will log it
-        let _ = std::fs::create_dir(path);
-        Some(path)
-    };
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "wgpu_trace"))]
-    let trace_path = None;
-
     // Maybe get features and limits based on what is supported by the adapter/backend
     let mut features = wgpu::Features::empty();
     let mut limits = options.limits.clone();
@@ -357,7 +347,7 @@ pub async fn initialize_renderer(
                 required_limits: limits,
                 memory_hints: options.memory_hints.clone(),
             },
-            trace_path,
+            options.trace_path.as_deref(),
         )
         .await
         .unwrap();
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/settings.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/settings.rs
index 1f9df24a78de5..7dbf016a8e4c2 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/settings.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::renderer::{
     RenderAdapter, RenderAdapterInfo, RenderDevice, RenderInstance, RenderQueue,
 };
-use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::{borrow::Cow, path::PathBuf};
 
 pub use wgpu::{
     Backends, Dx12Compiler, Features as WgpuFeatures, Gles3MinorVersion, InstanceFlags,
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ pub struct WgpuSettings {
     pub instance_flags: InstanceFlags,
     /// This hints to the WGPU device about the preferred memory allocation strategy.
     pub memory_hints: MemoryHints,
+    /// The path to pass to wgpu for API call tracing. This only has an effect if wgpu's tracing functionality is enabled.
+    pub trace_path: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 impl Default for WgpuSettings {
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ impl Default for WgpuSettings {
             gles3_minor_version,
             instance_flags,
             memory_hints: MemoryHints::default(),
+            trace_path: None,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/docs/cargo_features.md b/docs/cargo_features.md
index d2cbf06a23b64..c360c2eb8cfba 100644
--- a/docs/cargo_features.md
+++ b/docs/cargo_features.md
@@ -94,5 +94,4 @@ The default feature set enables most of the expected features of a game engine,
 |wayland|Wayland display server support|
 |webgpu|Enable support for WebGPU in Wasm. When enabled, this feature will override the `webgl2` feature and you won't be able to run Wasm builds with WebGL2, only with WebGPU.|
 |webp|WebP image format support|
-|wgpu_trace|Save a trace of all wgpu calls|
 |zlib|For KTX2 supercompression|
diff --git a/docs/debugging.md b/docs/debugging.md
index f791e7d21b7d0..60ce21b918b97 100644
--- a/docs/debugging.md
+++ b/docs/debugging.md
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ When a suspected wgpu error occurs, you should capture a wgpu trace so that Bevy
 
 To capture a wgpu trace:
 
-1. Create a new `wgpu_trace` folder in the root of your cargo workspace
-2. Add the "wgpu_trace" feature to the bevy crate. (ex: `cargo run --example features wgpu_trace`)
-3. Zip up the wgpu_trace folder and attach it to the relevant issue. New wgpu issues should generally be created [in the wgpu repository](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu). Please include the wgpu revision in your bug reports. You can find the revision in the `Cargo.lock` file in your workspace.
+1. Create a new folder in which to store your wgpu trace.
+2. Pass the path to the folder you created for your wgpu trace to `bevy_render::RenderPlugin`, using the `render_creation` field.
+   * If you're manually creating the renderer resources, pass the path to wgpu when creating the `RenderDevice` and `RenderQueue`.
+   * Otherwise, pass the path to Bevy via the `trace_path` field in `bevy_render::settings::WgpuSettings`.
+3. Add `wgpu = { version = "*", features = ["trace"]}` to your Cargo.toml.
+   * `version = "*"` tells Rust that this can be *any* version of the wgpu crate, so it will not try to pull in a different version of wgpu than what is already pulled in by Bevy.
+4. Compile and run your application, performing any in-app actions necessary to replicate the wgpu error.
+
+Once you've captured a wgpu trace, zip up the folder and attach it to the relevant issue. New wgpu issues should generally be created [in the wgpu repository](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu). Please include the wgpu revision in your bug reports. You can find the revision in the `Cargo.lock` file in your workspace.