So I’ve recently started to use Anki again and have noticed all my decks have been deleted. I checked my email and found something from Anki about all unused decks being deleted. Obviously I missed this and I no longer have the device I used to use Anki on. Is there any way that there’s a backup tha…

Yes, whenever you leave your account inactive for 6 months or longer, you should expect the data will be removed from our servers. AnkiWeb isn’t suitable for long-term storage of inactive collections. AnkiWeb account removal - Anki FAQs When the data is removed, that usually means that all of the s…

That has been restored. On your next sync, choose download from AnkiWeb.

All Anki decks deleted, need help finding backups

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All Anki decks deleted, need help finding backups

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