# Anki Freezing When I Study Cards **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [September 23, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-freezing-when-i-study-cards/3619 "2020-09-23T00:20:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NeuroSanctions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@NeuroSanctions](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/NeuroSanctions)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-freezing-when-i-study-cards/3619/1 "2020-09-23T00:20:29Z")
Hi! Anki is freezing any time I try to study a card. The platform works in most capacities. I can export and backup, I can browse and edit. But when I try to study a card it appears, but the moment i hit space bar or click on any of the “Good” or “Again” buttons it freezes. I can force quit on the desktop and it will sync properly. I can then use on my mobile device and it works fine. Is there a way I can fix this on my desktop? ---
**Author:** ![agranulocytosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@agranulocytosis](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/agranulocytosis)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-freezing-when-i-study-cards/3619/2 "2020-09-23T01:37:43Z")
Hi! I’m having the same issue, and it just started happening for me too. I don’t know what to do, but I just wanted to let you know that someone else is in the same boat as well. Hopefully someone figures out a solution to this! ---
**Author:** ![agranulocytosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@agranulocytosis](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/agranulocytosis)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-freezing-when-i-study-cards/3619/3 "2020-09-23T02:34:53Z")
I managed to get mine to work. I believe it was an issue caused by one of my addons, because when I removed all the addons, it worked. I don’t know which addon it is yet. ---
**Author:** ![NeuroSanctions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@NeuroSanctions](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/NeuroSanctions)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-freezing-when-i-study-cards/3619/4 "2020-09-23T02:50:57Z")
Do you use the Amboss or Free Weekend add on? I disabled all of my adding and it worked again and then I re enabled just those two and it’s not working any more. ---
**Author:** ![agranulocytosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@agranulocytosis](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/agranulocytosis)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-freezing-when-i-study-cards/3619/5 "2020-09-23T03:16:27Z")
I had the amboss addon installed for sure. I don’t think I had the free weekend addon, but I’m not positive, as I simply had a pre-made list of add-ons (Anking). ---
**Author:** ![NeuroSanctions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@NeuroSanctions](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/NeuroSanctions)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-freezing-when-i-study-cards/3619/6 "2020-09-23T23:19:25Z")
After a ton of trial and error and software updates and hard drive clean up it was the amboss add on. The moment I turn it on the program freezes. With it off I was able to go all day with it working smoothly, then turn it on and it freezes again. Turn it off again and all is well. ---
**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, 5:30am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-freezing-when-i-study-cards/3619/7 "2023-05-01T05:30:11Z")