# Browse and quickly review selection of cards **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [June 25, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/browse-and-quickly-review-selection-of-cards/490 "2020-06-25T18:34:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andrewcarterhughes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/andrewcarterhughes/32/321_2.png) [@andrewcarterhughes](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/andrewcarterhughes)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/browse-and-quickly-review-selection-of-cards/490/1 "2020-06-25T18:34:47Z")
Is there a way to browse decks, select a range of arbitrary cards, and review them? Ignoring all of the scheduling and card state and what not. I like Anki and it’s philosophy, but sometimes I just want to grab a selection of cards and flip through them. Is this possible? What’s the easiest way? ---
**Author:** ![mmdj2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/mmdj2/32/124_2.png) [@mmdj2](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/mmdj2)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/browse-and-quickly-review-selection-of-cards/490/2 "2020-06-25T19:01:53Z")
the easiest way would be creating a custom study session. but in that way, you don’t have full control over what specific cards are shown. you can choose a tag, a state and a number for cards then anki chooses random cards. you can also create a filtered deck from browser and disable the reschedule part. in this way you probably are able to choose specific cards. i don’t know much about this one tho, haven’t tried it myself. but here’s a video explaining how to do it [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/18621f21c8fdada7fc0c50c4517274b4fc73c05a.jpeg "Anki: Create Filtered Deck from Browser & Export Cards Selected in Browser") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cDatVACMiY) [https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/861263371](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/861263371) ---
**Author:** ![andrewcarterhughes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/andrewcarterhughes/32/321_2.png) [@andrewcarterhughes](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/andrewcarterhughes)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/browse-and-quickly-review-selection-of-cards/490/3 "2020-06-25T19:08:14Z")
Thanks for the reply. I don’t think filtered decks work bc they can only be in one filtered deck at a time and they don’t ignore the state of the card. A custom study session only shows you cards that are in a deck and is still card state dependent. > Filtered decks can not pull in cards that are suspended, buried, or already in a different filtered deck. And unless you are using the experimental scheduler, they can not pull in cards that are in (re)learning. I would like to be able to quickly select some arbitrary cards and study them, outside of card state and tracking. A filtered deck would work if I could get it to ignore card state. ---
**Author:** ![mmdj2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/mmdj2/32/124_2.png) [@mmdj2](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/mmdj2)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/browse-and-quickly-review-selection-of-cards/490/4 "2020-06-25T19:19:32Z")
as I don’t use filtered deck and custom study sessions, I don’t really know much about them. this was something i stumbled upon a while ago, thought it might be useful 🙂 hope you find your answer 😉 ---
**Author:** ![andrewcarterhughes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/andrewcarterhughes/32/321_2.png) [@andrewcarterhughes](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/andrewcarterhughes)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/browse-and-quickly-review-selection-of-cards/490/5 "2020-06-25T19:27:25Z")
Actually, I think a custom study session will mostly do what I want. I had to switch my filtered decks to sub-decks. Still new myself. Thanks! ---
**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, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/browse-and-quickly-review-selection-of-cards/490/6 "2023-05-01T05:42:15Z")