# \[Feature Request\] Native "Skip" Function for Reviews **URL:** \ **Category:** Suggestions\ **Created:** [December 10, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-native-skip-function-for-reviews/52968 "2024-12-10T02:07:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EnriqueCGuerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/enriquecguerra/32/25515_2.png) [@EnriqueCGuerra](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/EnriqueCGuerra)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-native-skip-function-for-reviews/52968/1 "2024-12-10T02:07:36Z")
Hello there! I’d like to propose the addition of a native “Skip” function, as this would enhance both the flexibility and effectiveness of the learning process. While similar functionality is available in the Advanced Review Bottom Bar add-on, unfortunately it is not accessible on mobile devices, leaving a significant gap for users who rely on Anki across several platforms. Here’s why I believe a native “Skip” feature would be beneficial: # Delayed Retrieval A “Skip” function aligns with research in memory and learning, particularly in the essence of delayed retrieval. When a user encounters a card they cannot immediately recall but feel they know the answer, skipping the card and returning to it later can leverage this mechanism and further consolidate the memory. # Potential Reduction in Review Time A native “Skip” function could help reduce overall review time by allowing users to defer difficult cards temporarily, giving them another opportunity to recall the information later in the session. This approach allows users to revisit cards when delayed retrieval could take place and avoid the card to enter the relearning phase, reducing time spent on individual cards and making the overall study process more efficient. # Current Workaround Limitations The existing bury/unbury method is cumbersome if you’re trying to skip cards during review. Unburying cards you intended to skip risks unintentionally unburying sibling cards afterwards, disrupting spaced repetition scheduling. # Improved Workflow A native Skip button or hotkey would allow users to temporarily defer cards during reviews without affecting their scheduling or impacting sibling cards. Skipped cards could reappear later in the session or during a designated deferred review period, based on user preferences. Thank you for reading this request! I’d love to hear thoughts from the community and the development team on this feasibility of this idea. ---
**Author:** ![sorata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/sorata/32/34115_2.png) [@sorata](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/sorata)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-native-skip-function-for-reviews/52968/2 "2024-12-10T07:18:43Z")
I see your point, returning to hard cards at a later time does help in retrieval. The problem with bury-unbury can be resolved though by using `is:buried-manually` search. _See_ [Searching - Anki Manual](http://docs.ankiweb.net/searching.html#card-state). ---
**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:** [December 10, 2024, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-native-skip-function-for-reviews/52968/3 "2024-12-10T08:24:05Z")
The existing Bury/Unbury functionality handles this use case quite well. It seems like you’re drawing distinctions between it and your proposed Skip where there actually aren’t any. > [@EnriqueCGuerra](#): > > The existing bury/unbury method is cumbersome if you’re trying to skip cards during review. It seems neither more or less cumbersome than clicking/shortcutting a Skip function. > [@EnriqueCGuerra](#): > > Unburying cards you intended to skip risks unintentionally unburying sibling cards afterwards, disrupting spaced repetition scheduling. I don’t understand what you mean here by “unintentionally unburying siblings,” and I don’t see how Skip would be any less disruptive to scheduling than Bury/Unbury. Comparing these possibilities directly: - If you Bury a single card, its siblings _are not_ buried and might still show up for study if they are due/overdue today. - Skipping a single card would have the same result. Siblings are not subject to automatic burying until the review of the first card _is graded_, so simply Skipping a card won’t bury anything. - Burying the entire note avoids that issue, because the siblings are buried too. - Skipping the entire note seems like it would have to be an option, for the same reason, but again – it’s the exact same result. - Unburying the manually-buried cards does unbury all the siblings, but then the same gather/sort options would apply as they did the first time around, and the same card should be offered. - Presumably, since you’d likely need to Skip the entire note, the gather/sort options will also choose the same card after a Skip. - The _only_ thing that Skip would save you here is the Unbury step, but that is a negligible time savings, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![remline](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/remline/32/26354_2.png) [@remline](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/remline)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-native-skip-function-for-reviews/52968/4 "2024-12-10T13:38:32Z")
I do find the following sequence interesting and enjoyable: 1. See a card that I can’t answer, but feel like I _should_ know the answer 2. Leave Anki for a minute or two to focus on something else 3. Return to Anki and immediately know the answer I think the “skip” function could be a nice alternative to step 2. It would be very streamlined compared to the bury/unbury function. My primary alternative is to simply bury the card and wait to see it again the next day. Perhaps the next day is soon enough, after all? ---
**Author:** ![sorata](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/sorata/32/34115_2.png) [@sorata](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/sorata)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-native-skip-function-for-reviews/52968/5 "2024-12-10T13:44:18Z")
> 1. See a card that I can’t answer, but feel like I should know the answer > 2. Leave Anki for a minute or two to focus on something else > 3. Return to Anki and immediately know the answer Yup, that happens with me too. I remember Barbara Oakley talking about this in her famous _Mind for Numbers_ book. Might be particularly helpful for math etc. I actually think I’ve seen a different app having this “Skip” button and it was meant to be an alternative for Anki. ---
**Author:** ![EnriqueCGuerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/enriquecguerra/32/25515_2.png) [@EnriqueCGuerra](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/EnriqueCGuerra)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-native-skip-function-for-reviews/52968/6 "2024-12-10T18:10:22Z")
> [@Danika\_Dakika](#): > > I don’t understand what you mean here by “unintentionally unburying siblings,” and I don’t see how Skip would be any less disruptive to scheduling than Bury/Unbury. I was trying to say that when you unbury all cards from the deck you’ve just finished reviewing (e.g., clicking at “One or more cards where buried, and will be shown tomorrow. You can unbury them if you wish to see them immediately.”) you end up unburying the manually buried cards you tried to skip until later and the siblings of other cards that were buried automatically. I just saw @sorata response `is:buried-manually` and I think it could work as a solution (especially when reviewing cards in mobile). Although it might seem like a minor enhancement, I still think a native skip button could be useful. As mentioned in the responses, it would provide a more straightforward option compared to the bury/unbury function. It would also address situations where you have manually buried a card for a different purpose than skipping and don’t necessarily want to unbury it. For instance, you might bury a card after accidentally glimpsing the answer to ensure it reappears the next day for proper recall, or when notes with similar content are shown on the same day, and you bury one to space them out (among other scenarios). I understand it might be seen as a small quality-of-life improvement, but I believe it could still play a valuable role in enhancing the overall experience! ---
**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:** [December 10, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-native-skip-function-for-reviews/52968/7 "2024-12-10T21:47:13Z")
> [@EnriqueCGuerra](#): > > you end up unburying the manually buried cards you tried to skip until later and the siblings of other cards that were buried automatically Ah, I see – yeah, that’s not a problem. If you have both manually and automatically buried cards, you’ll be given a choice (in desktop Anki). ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/9/8/98dc364c5720ef7470b387c3524906fe9f826b86.png) Thank you for clarifying the differences – that helps! ---
**Author:** ![EnriqueCGuerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/enriquecguerra/32/25515_2.png) [@EnriqueCGuerra](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/EnriqueCGuerra)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-native-skip-function-for-reviews/52968/8 "2024-12-11T02:22:43Z")
Ahh, got it! I normally do my reviews in iOS so I think I’ve never seen this pop-up before. ---
**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 14, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-native-skip-function-for-reviews/52968/9 "2024-12-14T11:24:57Z")
I should change that. I’ve made a note. ---
**Author:** ![BEST8OY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@BEST8OY](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/BEST8OY)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-native-skip-function-for-reviews/52968/11 "2025-05-04T09:02:38Z")
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** Sometimes I don’t know the answer of a card but I’m sure if I do the card again in some hours I’ll be able to answer it **Describe the solution you’d like** A fixed amount of time in settings for bury option, if the the time of using bury for a card exceed the “Next day starts at” the card will be moved to the start of next day **Describe alternatives you’ve considered** A whole new option which I can’t think of a name for it. This option is exactly like bury but with customizable time instead of being next day ---
**Author:** ![BEST8OY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@BEST8OY](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/BEST8OY)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-native-skip-function-for-reviews/52968/12 "2025-05-19T06:45:13Z")
The name could be ‘Skip’ ‘Ignore’ This option should not affect card time log in info (database) ---
**Author:** ![BEST8OY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@BEST8OY](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/BEST8OY)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-native-skip-function-for-reviews/52968/13 "2025-06-16T21:18:57Z")
A simpler approach to implement this 1- select a deck 2- start study session (study now) 3- use the Skip option on any card through the study session (it moves onto the next due card) 4- go back to your deck list and choose the same deck 5- study now and you’ll see the skipped card again How is this simpler? It’s just a simple skip function specific to a single study session and doesn’t need timing stuff which makes it harder to implement! ---
**Author:** ![whatchu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/whatchu/32/10663_2.png) [@whatchu](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/whatchu)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-native-skip-function-for-reviews/52968/14 "2025-06-18T11:14:43Z")
> [@BEST8OY](#): > > Sometimes I don’t know the answer of a card but I’m sure if I do the card again in some hours I’ll be able to answer it Whats wrong burying a whole day? if you truly believe you are gonna remember later, 1 day of difference barely affects most cards scheduling I understand the feeling, but in those cases i would usually just fail the card. Are you going to remember later because you are lacking energy now to concentrate or because you need some other cue to trigger the knowledge? There are some corner cases where i do recollect the knowledge, but not the specific wording. In those cases i usually just rate the card hard and move on Note that feeling “you should know something and its in the tip of your tongue” and “i got it but not the specific wording” are very similar, but first one is clearly a fail and the second one could be a pass if you dont care about the specific wording (for example if you have studying for an exam that requires to write down your knowledge, wording is as important as knowledge and you should fail both cases) ---
**Author:** ![BEST8OY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@BEST8OY](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/BEST8OY)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-native-skip-function-for-reviews/52968/15 "2025-06-28T21:42:04Z")
Well I still find it useful 1- sometimes you forget a word and you know if you think about it for maybe a minute you’ll remember it, in when this happen several times in a session, it’s just counterintuitive to wait until you remember it or bury or see the answer and hit again ( I mean it’s not a competition when I’m gonna remember it in a minute or two), think about, imagine it’s a exam and you can’t remember the answer now but at the end of the exam you remember and answer it correctly. 2- it’s not just for review, it has uses for new cards too, for example I find a card difficult to learn but I want to read it in the end of my study time, I have to bury those then unbury them again IMO, an Skip option just makes things faster, A LOT. ---
**Author:** ![whatchu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/whatchu/32/10663_2.png) [@whatchu](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/whatchu)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/feature-request-native-skip-function-for-reviews/52968/16 "2025-06-29T07:04:49Z")
I have little weight on things get added to anki or not, but I usually will defend corner cases to be added, because there are many individual ways to study But i think one this 2 things are happening here, either you dont have enough energy to study and you should stop go do something else, or if the card is not triggering the knowledge you simply dont know it and must fail it failing a card doesnt mean you dont know it, it means the card is not triggering the knowledge, thats a clear cut fail not a skip If you need to scaffold the knowledge in your mind or think about it, maybe you need to redo the card so the trigger you want for remembering is in the card