# Need to Reverse All Cards
**URL:** https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/need-to-reverse-all-cards/25232
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [December 8, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/need-to-reverse-all-cards/25232 "2022-12-08T10:56:10Z")
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### Author:  [@Rooster86](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Rooster86)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/need-to-reverse-all-cards/25232/1 "2022-12-08T10:56:11Z")
I realized that my anki deck would be better if they are all reversed. Doing them the basic way does not seem to be that helpful. How do I reverse all the cards in the deck? Also if do reverse all the cards, can I add new cards in the basic format or should I change the format?
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### Author:  [@blue](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/blue)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/need-to-reverse-all-cards/25232/2 "2022-12-08T17:27:26Z")
I cannot add a link to my post, but there is a youtube video titled “Anki 2: Switching Card Order” which describes this. Also, in the manual, under “Card Generation” there is a topic called “Reverse Cards”
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### Author:  [@LadyGodiva2](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/LadyGodiva2)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/need-to-reverse-all-cards/25232/4 "2022-12-08T23:49:37Z")
If you’re asking what I think you’re asking (“I want to take all my cards and change what is on the front and what is on the back”), I _think_ the easiest way would be to edit the “Card” itself. I’m not an advanced user, but I see two avenues that would be relatively painless:
1. Create a new card type. Benefits: you won’t change what the “Basic” card format looks like. Drawbacks: more steps (also, I’m assuming when you say you want to reverse all cards, you mean ALL basic cards).
step 1: Add \> Type \> Manage \> Add
step 2: Clone: Basic (call this whatever you want)
step 3: Browse \> search: " note:basic "
step 4: select all cards
step 5: right click \> Notes \> Change Note Type
step 6: select your basic clone from the drop down \> Save
step 7: select any of your cards in the Browse window
step 8: now do option #2 (below)
2. Just edit the Card/Note type
step 1: Browse \> select any card
step 2: “Cards…”
step 3: Cut/Paste the text from “Front Template” into “Back Template”
step 4: Cut/Paste the (original!) text from “Back Template” into “Front Tempalte”
step 5: Save
tada
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/need-to-reverse-all-cards/25232/5 "2023-01-07T23:49:46Z")
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