# Deleting empty cards does not work **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [July 28, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deleting-empty-cards-does-not-work/1497 "2020-07-28T14:34:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/andi/32/807_2.png) [@andi](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/andi)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deleting-empty-cards-does-not-work/1497/1 "2020-07-28T14:34:55Z")
I noticed that _Tools → Empty Cards_ does not find (and delete) empty cards anymore (2.1.28 and 2.1.29). For example, if I create a new cloze deletion note with text “{{c1::X}} {{c2::Y}}”, I’ll end up with a note with two cards. If I then change the text to “{{c1::X}}” and run _Tools → Empty Cards_, I would have expected the info that card 2 is empty and can be deleted. This used to work prior to 2.1.28 but not anymore. In the changelog I’ve seen that there were some changes in terms of card creation and deletion. Is this still the recommended way of getting rid of such empty cards? Is it a bug? ---
**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:** [July 29, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deleting-empty-cards-does-not-work/1497/2 "2020-07-29T00:04:40Z")
Works for me? ![Screen Shot 2020-07-29 at 10.03.38 am](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/2489d06f86d8b6ae038eac0b0d07c4123e785df5.png) ![Screen Shot 2020-07-29 at 10.03.47 am](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/65a0c96ffaf53d6626a62404de70684cda0d4b2e.png) ![Screen Shot 2020-07-29 at 10.03.58 am](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/3e9472545408e8c6f8242a4b01354a0bfbca9e64.png) ![Screen Shot 2020-07-29 at 10.04.02 am](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/0c86331485f2d7ae9ecf96553cb14f20404b1de4.png) ---
**Author:** ![andi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/andi/32/807_2.png) [@andi](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/andi)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deleting-empty-cards-does-not-work/1497/3 "2020-07-29T06:20:35Z")
You’re right, it’s no problem with Anki. I tracked the problem down to an add-on. Thank you for your help! ---
**Author:** ![julien.baley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@julien.baley](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/julien.baley)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deleting-empty-cards-does-not-work/1497/4 "2020-07-31T04:02:04Z")
Which add-on is it, for our information? I certainly have the problem too, cf screenshot. The weird part is that if I choose “delete”, it does show the “Deleted 1 card” notification. ![Screenshot from 2020-07-31 04-57-04](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/bb2a60b49eb0567fca0da32c5f3e1df89507df33.png) ---
**Author:** ![andi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/andi/32/807_2.png) [@andi](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/andi)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deleting-empty-cards-does-not-work/1497/5 "2020-07-31T06:04:29Z")
> Which add-on is it, for our information? I can’t tell exactly because I deleted the add-on and I don’t really miss it. I think it was [If a note has no more card, warns instead of deleting it](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2018640062). I disabled all add-ons, tested the _Empty Cards_ feature and piece by piece enabled the add-ons again checking the empty cards. (Don’t forget to restart.) ---
**Author:** ![Nicole](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/nicole/32/350_2.png) [@Nicole](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Nicole)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deleting-empty-cards-does-not-work/1497/6 "2021-12-06T19:17:01Z")
I had the same issue (with the empty window) after I turned too many cards into empty cards, I suspect (I created more than 8000 empty cards at once). Luckily I could delete them “blindly”, and afterwards (when I turned only a few more cards into empty ones) the window started working again and showed me the empty cards. (This is Anki 2.1.49 on Mac) ---
**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 7, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deleting-empty-cards-does-not-work/1497/7 "2021-12-07T10:07:48Z")
If the issue was caused by there being too many items to display, that has likely been fixed in [Changes in 2.1.50 - Anki Betas](https://betas.ankiweb.net/anki2.1.50.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, 4:40am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/deleting-empty-cards-does-not-work/1497/8 "2023-05-01T04:40:43Z")
Closed on May 1, 2023, 4:40am UTC