Is there a way to search for GUID?

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Is there a way to search by GUID in the browser? I read the manual and I see that you can search by Note ID but not GUID, apparently. I want a way to reference Anki notes that I create for a note in a different note-taking application. So that if my notes on a topic change, I can see all the Anki notes I created for this topic and change them to be accurate.

Also would there be any way to add “include Note ID” when exporting? There is already a “Include GUID” but that doesn’t really help me in this case.

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I don’t think there is. I’m not sure I understand why the Note ID isn’t unique enough to use in your notes. As you saw, you can use that to track easily back to each note.

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Using the Note ID does work for me, but it’s extremely tedious to copy and paste each note ID from the Anki Browser. Is there a way to copy an entire column from the Anki browser? (I have the Advanced Browser add-on). Currently, the way I get around not being able to copy an entire column in the Anki browser is to export to .txt with ‘Include GUID’ set. I open the .txt file that I get from Anki in Excel and can copy the column from there. It would be really nice if it’s possible to export the Note ID as well, so I could do the same thing. Basically my issue is that I can export the GUID of Anki notes but not search using them, and I can’t export the Note IDs of notes.

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You didn’t mention needing an entire column of IDs. As far as I know, GUIDs are only used for matching during the import/export process.

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Is there a way I could ask for this to possibly be added as a new feature? : exporting Note ID’s as well as GUID’s.

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I’ve moved this to the suggestions area.

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