I accidentally deleted the front of all my decks when I was trying to delete a specific card. I went to edit a specific card and clicked “fields” selected the “front” card and hit delete not knowing this would apply to all my decks. On ios desktop the ‘sync’ button is red meaning its not updating on the other devices thankfully so when I access anki through the web I have not lost the front of my cards. Could there also be another way to stop the sync or reset it? Id hate to have to resort to using anki web instead of through the app. What can I do to fix this? I have over 30 decks I have made to prep for my board exams and I would hate to lose them all due to this error.
You’ve got a few options.
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If you want to roll-back changes you’ve made just now (and haven’t closed or synced since then) – Edit > Undo [Ctrl Z] the change. [If you select it from the menu Anki will describe which change it is reversing with each click (useful when you can’t see where the change is happening!).]
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If you want to roll-back changes made longer ago than that – Restore from an automatic or manual backup, Restoring an Automatic Backup (Recovering from Data Loss) - Frequently Asked Questions . You’ll lose any reviews and changes you’ve made since that backup was created.
- If you just want to grab one thing from a backup (like the text of a template, or one deck out of many, or a set of notes/cards that use a particular note type), you can minimize data loss by importing the backup into a brand new (temporary) profile, find what you’re looking for, copy/export it, and then import it into your main profile.
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Force a one-way sync and download from AnkiWeb – you’ll lose any reviews and changes you made since your last sync.
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