Hi! I recently created a deck on Anki Web when I did not have access to my PC and tried to sync it to the PC version and completely lost the deck. Is there any way I can get the deck back?

I want to make sure I’m clear on your steps so I can help you in the right direction. Can you confirm or correct me on this? You already had a collection you were using on Anki desktop – had you never synced that to AnkiWeb, or had you not recently synced that to AnkiWeb? Did you create a new Anki…

I had not recently synced the collection I was using on Anki desktop to AnkiWeb, but the deck I was using and lost was on AnkiWeb. I used an existing Anki account and added more to it. For the one-way sync, I selected upload to AnkiWeb, which added the decks from my PC to AnkiWeb but removed my rece…

Okay! That makes more sense based on what I’m seeing. I can restore your collection in AnkiWeb from 3 days ago, 16 October. That is the only recent version available and you won’t have anything done after that date. Please let me know if you want me to proceed.

Okay. That’s restored. Start Anki in safe-mode so it doesn’t auto-sync, because you’ll need to force a one-way sync (in Tools > Preferences) so you can choose Download from AnkiWeb. But before you do that, you’re going to have to preserve your data on your PC, because that download will overwrite y…

thank you so much for your help!

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