# Anki does not show my decks **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [March 20, 2022, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-does-not-show-my-decks/18455 "2022-03-20T08:15:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![advgdias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/advgdias/32/10040_2.png) [@advgdias](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/advgdias)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-does-not-show-my-decks/18455/1 "2022-03-20T08:15:15Z")
Hi, everyone! I need some help here. I use anki as my only source of study and I am desperate with a problem: Sometimes Anki “stops working” and shows me a blank screen, as if I had no decks. But on the contrary, everything I study is on Anki. I even got afraid of overloading the app and created different profiles, to put cards of different sources on each profile (for example: one profile for laws, another one for courts decisions, another one for classes appointments and books summaries, so on… I had this idea because I was using one profile for everything and suddenly Anki stopped creating new decks when I tried to add new ones. I guess I have more than 10.000 or so on this profile that Anki insists on telling me I have no decks (blank screen). I checked my Anki web account and all my decks are there. I can’t understand what is going on with my desktop app. Please help me, I’m desperate. I have 4 years of studies on Anki. My laptop is a Macbook Air OS 11.6.4. THANK YOU! ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/1/16c082633fe2c6a7d07b9a94e7dbd659be2f14fc.png) ---
**Author:** ![OldGrantonian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/oldgrantonian/32/986_2.png) [@OldGrantonian](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/OldGrantonian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-does-not-show-my-decks/18455/2 "2022-03-20T08:41:54Z")
. See post by @ [Apetited](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Apetited) here: . [Deck invisible in the decks menu, but still exists in anki - Syncing & AnkiWeb - Anki Forums](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deck-invisible-in-the-decks-menu-but-still-exists-in-anki/18448) . ---
**Author:** ![advgdias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/advgdias/32/10040_2.png) [@advgdias](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/advgdias)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-does-not-show-my-decks/18455/3 "2022-03-20T08:49:56Z")
will try it, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![advgdias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/advgdias/32/10040_2.png) [@advgdias](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/advgdias)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-does-not-show-my-decks/18455/4 "2022-03-20T09:08:14Z")
It worked, THANK YOU! Do you know if there is any recommendation regarding the number of cards I should not exceed on each profile on the desktop app? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/e/e5afbf63d2fdee1f6885a41911de9ec4b1bd2a47.png) ---
**Author:** ![OldGrantonian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/oldgrantonian/32/986_2.png) [@OldGrantonian](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/OldGrantonian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-does-not-show-my-decks/18455/5 "2022-03-20T10:08:01Z")
. Glad it worked. The thanks of course should go to @ [Apetited](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Apetited) 🙂 The safe limit is 100,001 cards, as mentioned here: [Anki - powerful, intelligent flashcards (ankiweb.net)](https://apps.ankiweb.net/) Thanks . ---
**Author:** ![abdo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/abdo/32/654_2.png) [@abdo](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/abdo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-does-not-show-my-decks/18455/6 "2022-03-20T12:55:14Z")
I guess the issue is caused by having too many decks or large deck trees, and not too many notes. There is no set limit for the number of decks/notes you can have as far as I know. Additionally, the issue should be fixed in the coming release (2.1.50). > [@advgdias](#): > > I guess I have more than 10.000 or so on this profile that Anki insists on telling me I have no decks (blank screen). 10000 notes should not cause problems. I have 24x as many notes and never had this issue. Relevant: > [@Deck list is blank](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deck-list-is-blank/2241): > > My decks are not showing on the main page so I cannot go through and review my cards. It is just blank and I have no clue why. I have tried using the earlier version and it shows the same thing; it is still blank. When I go to browse, all of my downloaded and created decks are shown there but I do not see anything on the main page. I can still create new decks, just cannot see any of them on the front page. Any ideas on what the problem would be? [https://docs.ankiweb.net/editing.html#using-decks-appropriately](https://docs.ankiweb.net/editing.html#using-decks-appropriately) ---
**Author:** ![advgdias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/advgdias/32/10040_2.png) [@advgdias](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/advgdias)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-does-not-show-my-decks/18455/7 "2022-03-20T13:28:51Z")
Hey abdo! Always coming for the rescue, thank you! As I was telling @OldGrantonian earlier, my decks reappeared, but now they are gone, again. I will check closely the article you recommended, but even fixing this problem of too many decks require that I have acces to them, of course. In the sync options, I chose to send my studies from anki desktop to anki web, so the changes I could make on the web version wouldn’t be sent to the app. Is there anything I could do? Thanks again! ---
**Author:** ![advgdias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/advgdias/32/10040_2.png) [@advgdias](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/advgdias)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-does-not-show-my-decks/18455/8 "2022-03-20T13:32:55Z")
I felt this could be the problem, then I downloaded all my decks (when they reappeared, created 3 different profiles ad divided them among the profiles. Weirdly, the problem remains. ---
**Author:** ![OldGrantonian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/oldgrantonian/32/986_2.png) [@OldGrantonian](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/OldGrantonian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-does-not-show-my-decks/18455/9 "2022-03-20T14:21:43Z")
. Here’s a quote from @advgdias original post: . > [@advgdias](#): > > I was using one profile for everything and suddenly Anki stopped creating new decks **when I tried to add new ones**. [My bold] . I’m wondering if we can address this issue in the same way as we normally address the issue of addons - by “divide and conquer”. When any OP determines that she might have an issue with addons, the recommended procedure is to disable 50% of the addons. Maybe @advgdias could experiment by hiding half the decks, and determine whether the issue still persists. . [https://faqs.ankiweb.net/hiding-decks.html](https://faqs.ankiweb.net/hiding-decks.html) . Thanks . ---
**Author:** ![advgdias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/advgdias/32/10040_2.png) [@advgdias](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/advgdias)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-does-not-show-my-decks/18455/10 "2022-03-20T14:24:18Z")
Hey @abdo my decks re back again. Let’s see until when they will be here. They reappeared after I deleted all the add-ons. Actually, I deleted one by one and I guess the problem can be related to the “enhance main window”. Let’s wait and see ---
**Author:** ![advgdias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/advgdias/32/10040_2.png) [@advgdias](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/advgdias)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-does-not-show-my-decks/18455/11 "2022-03-20T14:25:29Z")
Thanks for the support! ---
**Author:** ![roxgib](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/roxgib/32/9238_2.png) [@roxgib](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/roxgib)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-does-not-show-my-decks/18455/12 "2022-03-20T22:59:55Z")
FYI the other user didn’t have enhance main window installed, so if that’s the culprit here this issue may be unrelated. Either way, glad to hear the advice helped! ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-does-not-show-my-decks/18455/13 "2022-03-21T05:56:33Z")
That add-on adds a lot of text to the window, so it can result in the same issue as when there are too many decks to show. ---
**Author:** ![advgdias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/advgdias/32/10040_2.png) [@advgdias](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/advgdias)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-does-not-show-my-decks/18455/14 "2022-03-21T08:09:38Z")
It might be unrelated. But well, the fact that in the case of the other user the problem had nothing to do with this add-on does not mean that in ALL cases it won’t have. I’m not saying the add-on isn’t good or that it ALWAYS causes problems (_this_ can be inferred for sure - it does not always causes problems). It is important to report our impressions, because there might be something to be investigated. Just like the hypothesis pointed by @dae . Just to let everybody know: Anki is still working 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-does-not-show-my-decks/18455/15 "2023-05-01T04:28:22Z")