# I have the random option but instead it show me my ankis on alphabetic order

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**Created:** [November 1, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-have-the-random-option-but-instead-it-show-me-my-ankis-on-alphabetic-order/36426 "2023-11-01T03:54:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![werooo49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bc8723/32.png) [@werooo49](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/werooo49)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-have-the-random-option-but-instead-it-show-me-my-ankis-on-alphabetic-order/36426/1 "2023-11-01T03:54:36Z")

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Hi!, I’m new to this Anki thing but I’ve made a lot of flashcards, the thing is when I am learning new ones the app shows me the Anki cards in alphabetic order by the submaze (sorry, I’m not a native English speaker, but I mean like not the main maze but the ones that are like topics from the main one), is there anything I can do to make everything random? or is it like how Anki works? thank you to all of you who read this 🙂

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**Author:** ![suiyuan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/suiyuan/32/20938_2.png) [@suiyuan](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/suiyuan)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-have-the-random-option-but-instead-it-show-me-my-ankis-on-alphabetic-order/36426/2 "2023-11-01T05:45:15Z")

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If you click in the deck options (the cog to the right), you can select how you want cards shown in the `Display order` section.

You need to have v3 scheduler enabled.

See here: [Deck Options - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/deck-options.html#display-order)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/i-have-the-random-option-but-instead-it-show-me-my-ankis-on-alphabetic-order/36426/3 "2023-12-01T05:46:12Z")

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