# Anki windows opening with large empty gray space — how to reset window geometry?

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**Created:** [May 10, 2026, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-windows-opening-with-large-empty-gray-space-how-to-reset-window-geometry/69692 "2026-05-10T09:28:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Raskolnikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Raskolnikov](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Raskolnikov)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-windows-opening-with-large-empty-gray-space-how-to-reset-window-geometry/69692/1 "2026-05-10T09:28:23Z")

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Every Anki window (Deck Browser, Reviewer, etc.) opens with weird proportions — the actual content (deck list, card, buttons) only fills about the top two-thirds of the window, and below that there’s a large empty gray area extending all the way down. The bottom toolbar buttons (Get Shared, Create Deck, Show Answer, etc.) sit in the middle of the window instead of at the bottom where they belong.

When I manually resize one window by dragging its bottom edge upward, that window is fine — but the next window I open (e.g., starting a review session) opens with the same oversized empty layout. So I’d have to manually resize every single window, every time.

how to resolve

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/8/3/8362e4f94c193d6bf1c7f61656a2ef68d8a78699.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Anon\_0000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Anon\_0000](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Anon_0000)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-windows-opening-with-large-empty-gray-space-how-to-reset-window-geometry/69692/2 "2026-05-10T09:43:24Z")

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Try [Troubleshooting - Anki Manual](http://docs.ankiweb.net/troubleshooting).

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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:** [June 9, 2026, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-windows-opening-with-large-empty-gray-space-how-to-reset-window-geometry/69692/3 "2026-06-09T09:43:28Z")

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