Update: Just realized I made my CSV wrong; this report is invalid. I have the exact same problem as the one linked below. Specifying #notetype:Basic doesn’t work: When I do Import, the Basic notetype is not the selected one. Likewise #separator:Comma doesn’t work: when in the import menu, the sele…

Thanks. This answer caused me to notice that I actually just messed up my CSV. No problem on the Anki side.

The reason it is ignored is because the line must be #separator:Comma not something like separator:Comma,,,,,,,, But you will get those commas if you have more than one column in your csv (and if it’s comma separated). Seems to be a bug. (tested with latest main build from source)

Glad it’s solved for you. The bug exists anyways, so I created a bug report here: [image] [Bug] File headers not working correctly with .csv files Help Steps to reproduce Open LibreOffice Calc and paste the following into it: #separator:Comma This is a qu…

[image] Anki TXT import with Notetype getting ignored? Help I am trying to import a TXT file into Anki with a predefined notetype. I have two text files that correspond to 2 Anki decks, their headers look like this: TXT File #1: #separator:tab #html:false #guid col…

CSV import notetype and separator ignored

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Anon_0000 February 22, 2025, 10:16pm 4

Glad it’s solved for you.

The bug exists anyways, so I created a bug report here:

Topic		Replies	Views
Anki TXT import with Notetype getting ignored? Help	5	365	April 21, 2024
[Bug] File headers not working correctly with .csv files Help	2	76	April 9, 2025
File Headers won't work if .csv was created with LibreOffice Calc Help	5	69	October 4, 2025
CSV export with two notetypes Development	15	552	January 21, 2024
Import of CSV not reading all File Headers in v. 25.07.01 Development	17	236	August 14, 2025

CSV import notetype and separator ignored

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