# Audio files left unused

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**Created:** [May 11, 2025, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-files-left-unused/60738 "2025-05-11T12:11:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-files-left-unused/60738/3 "2025-05-12T05:04:43Z")

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Found the problem. The back template I used for my card type had \<!–{{Audio}}–\> instead of just {{Audio}}, so amending that fixed it and audio plays again. My card templates came from the itazuraneko guide: [anki guide](https://kenrick95.github.io/itazuraneko/learn/anki.html)

It had nothing to do with associations between cards and files, and the unused files were presumably from shared decks I had used in the past, but somehow the files remained even though I deleted those decks long ago (just guessing). I have now deleted those files, nothing shows up as unused or missing, and everything is working.

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