# Changing note type, for only one Card type **URL:** \ **Category:** Card Design\ **Created:** [December 3, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/changing-note-type-for-only-one-card-type/5534 "2020-12-03T14:59:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![manifes7o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@manifes7o](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/manifes7o)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/changing-note-type-for-only-one-card-type/5534/1 "2020-12-03T14:59:23Z")
Apologies if this is a duplicate question, I’ve been having trouble putting my issue into the precise terminology that might yield a good Google search. In any case, I’m thinking of making a change to one of my more-established decks and want to make sure I know what I’m doing before I go botching hundreds of cards. ### Background So I’ve got a running US Presidents deck with fields - Name - Photo - Number (e.g. Obama=44) - Years - Party - Undergrad and Graduate education - Military Branch - Birth State - First Lady name - Work History (e.g. Wilson was president of Princeton University and governor of New Jersey) I’ve got a ton of card types built on top of this deck: 1. Name → Years 2. Years → Name 3. Name → Number 4. Number → Name 5. Name → Party 6. Photo → Name 7. Name → Education 8. Name → Birth State 9. Name → Service Record 10. Name → Work History And this week, I (finally) took the plunge and discovered the majesty of Cloze cards. However in so doing, I realized that Work History would be much better suited as a Cloze card. For example, my Nixon card reads > VP: Eisenhower > > Senator: California > Representative: California > > Navy Officer: Commander > > Lawyer I’d be better-off testing my recall of each individual fact, as opposed to trying to do them all in one go. ### My Question I wanted to change my “Work History” cards into Cloze. However, as they’re a subset of the US Presidents Note Type, I don’t think I can just filter down to `"note:US Presidents" card:9`, select all, right-click, “Change Note Type.” When I do that, I’m greeted with this prompt, which leads me to believe I’m one click away from unwittingly nuking the rest of my deck ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/d/d67b546e6db53a108a47c7dc790bb0089aac6dbd.png) And so my questions: 1. Am I correct in my caution here? Is this about to blow away all of my other cards? 2. Assuming I am, then I have to make 45 new Cloze cards from existing information. Is there a streamlined way to do this? Or do I have a lot of copy/paste in my future 3. Suppose I _had_ clicked OK on this prompt. What’s the best way to undo my blunder and recover my cards to the state they were in when I sat down this morning? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/changing-note-type-for-only-one-card-type/5534/2 "2020-12-04T00:31:11Z")
Change note type operates on the note and all its cards - it is not possible to split off a single card into a separate note type. You can export the cards into a text file, and import them back into a separate note type if you wish. If you make a mistake and did not export a backup prior to starting, you may be able to recover from an automatic backup. [https://faqs.ankiweb.net/restoring-an-automatic-backup-recovering-from-data-loss.html](https://faqs.ankiweb.net/restoring-an-automatic-backup-recovering-from-data-loss.html) ---
**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, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/changing-note-type-for-only-one-card-type/5534/3 "2023-05-01T07:42:44Z")