# \[BUG\] Users can add presets with the same name but different capitalization

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-users-can-add-presets-with-the-same-name-but-different-capitalization/69949>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [June 2, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-users-can-add-presets-with-the-same-name-but-different-capitalization/69949 "2026-06-02T12:24:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZornHadNoChoice](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/zornhadnochoice/32/28874_2.png) [@ZornHadNoChoice](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ZornHadNoChoice)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-users-can-add-presets-with-the-same-name-but-different-capitalization/69949/1 "2026-06-02T12:24:48Z")

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See the discussion here

> [@"No reviews found." on FSRS-5](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/no-reviews-found-on-fsrs-5/69943/6):
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> I took at look at your collection synced to AnkiWeb, and you actually have 2 presets with nearly the same name – Those qualify as unique, but I think the search might be stopping at the preset of anking and not seeing the preset of AnKing. Try these things – Rename one of those presets (or delete the other one, since it isn’t being used). Blank out what’s currently in the “FSRS parameters” field, and the preset-filter field below that. Save. Reopen the Options and click “Optimize Cu…

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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:** [June 2, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-users-can-add-presets-with-the-same-name-but-different-capitalization/69949/2 "2026-06-02T16:53:45Z")

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You title says

> [BUG] Users can add presets with the same name but different capitalization

but the issue isn’t really that users are able to add presets that have the same name with different capitalization. The issue is that the optimize button won’t work properly in this case.

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**Author:** ![ZornHadNoChoice](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/zornhadnochoice/32/28874_2.png) [@ZornHadNoChoice](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ZornHadNoChoice)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-users-can-add-presets-with-the-same-name-but-different-capitalization/69949/3 "2026-06-02T18:34:32Z")

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Searching is broken when you have two presets with the same name but different capitalization. So you’d have to fix that too, or… you know, just don’t allow it.

Also, you can’t add decks with the same name but different capitalization.

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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:** [June 3, 2026, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-users-can-add-presets-with-the-same-name-but-different-capitalization/69949/4 "2026-06-03T06:06:44Z")

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> [@ZornHadNoChoice](#):
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> So you’d have to fix that too

Good point.

> [@ZornHadNoChoice](#):
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> Also, you can’t add decks with the same name but different capitalization.

I didn’t know that. But to me, this is unexpected behavior and should be considered a bug.

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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:** [July 3, 2026, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-users-can-add-presets-with-the-same-name-but-different-capitalization/69949/5 "2026-07-03T06:07:24Z")

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