# Cloze deletion not working on Anki Ipad

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**Created:** [February 27, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cloze-deletion-not-working-on-anki-ipad/56428 "2025-02-27T13:36:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZS296](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@ZS296](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ZS296)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cloze-deletion-not-working-on-anki-ipad/56428/1 "2025-02-27T13:36:14Z")

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Cloze not working and coming up with ‘close can only be used in the ‘close’ filter even though it’s the right card type and I used the ‘ […]’ and it was working before

 ![IMG_4468](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/e/6/e638c366f04bc210e5887cb653d0f753fc2df0d4.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_4465](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/7/9/7926584457dd96fe62c7193afbe5ffada0a0ac5c.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![NameLessGO](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/namelessgo/32/34298_2.png) [@NameLessGO](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/NameLessGO)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cloze-deletion-not-working-on-anki-ipad/56428/2 "2025-02-27T16:26:54Z")

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Like the error is saying, Cloze only works in the first field, not Back Extra

> The default cloze note type has a second field called Extra, that is shown on the answer side of each card. It can be used for adding some usage notes or extra information.  
> [Adding/Editing - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/editing.html#cloze-deletion)

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**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cloze-deletion-not-working-on-anki-ipad/56428/3 "2025-02-27T18:46:44Z")

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Cloze isn’t meant for the Question-Answer format. It’s for _statements_ with blanks in them that need to be filled in. [Adding/Editing - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/editing.html#cloze-deletion)

It’s possible to start a Cloze with a question, but to make this one work, take all of the text from “Back Extra” and put it with the question in “Text”. Add a couple linebreaks between them [`<br><br>`, since you’re editing in the HTML view].

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**Author:** ![ZS296](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@ZS296](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ZS296)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cloze-deletion-not-working-on-anki-ipad/56428/4 "2025-03-03T08:37:50Z")

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Thanks for the help, it’s working now!

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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:** [April 2, 2025, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/cloze-deletion-not-working-on-anki-ipad/56428/5 "2025-04-02T08:38:04Z")

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Closed on April 2, 2025, 8:38am UTC

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