# Duplicate Error

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/duplicate-error/14803>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [November 9, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/duplicate-error/14803 "2021-11-09T17:09:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![abdo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/abdo/32/654_2.png) [@abdo](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/abdo)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/duplicate-error/14803/2 "2021-11-09T17:31:15Z")

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You probably have the sticky field option toggled on for the first field, which will cause Anki to warn you immediately after adding a note, because as the content of the field didn’t change, it’s now identical to a note you just added.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/b/b987de780c3acf67aeae3eba2ccfd00ffae235a0.png)

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