# All my anki cards got duplicated

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 9, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/all-my-anki-cards-got-duplicated/43389 "2024-04-09T02:39:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Markjspivak1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Markjspivak1](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Markjspivak1)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/all-my-anki-cards-got-duplicated/43389/1 "2024-04-09T02:39:07Z")

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someone changed my anki settings and now every single anki card i have is doubled. Like all my anking decks have twice as many cards as they should and it’s all duplicated. How can i fix this? Thank you!

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**Author:** ![NameLessGO](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/namelessgo/32/34298_2.png) [@NameLessGO](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/NameLessGO)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/all-my-anki-cards-got-duplicated/43389/2 "2024-04-09T03:47:26Z")

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Tools \> Check Database should detect and present an option to delete

You can use backups to return to a state before the duplication  
[Backups - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/backups.html#restoring)

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**Author:** ![Markjspivak1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Markjspivak1](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Markjspivak1)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/all-my-anki-cards-got-duplicated/43389/3 "2024-04-09T11:53:16Z")

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Thank you for your response! I tried that and it didn’t give me any option to delete anything. Any other ideas?

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**Author:** ![Aleksej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Aleksej](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Aleksej)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/all-my-anki-cards-got-duplicated/43389/4 "2024-04-09T12:00:28Z")

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Are they separate notes or extra cards of the same notes?

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**Author:** ![NameLessGO](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/namelessgo/32/34298_2.png) [@NameLessGO](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/NameLessGO)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/all-my-anki-cards-got-duplicated/43389/5 "2024-04-09T17:29:25Z")

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Sorry, meant to say Tools \> Empty Cards, not Check database

Have you tried restoring from backup in the link above?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/all-my-anki-cards-got-duplicated/43389/6 "2024-05-09T17:29:42Z")

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