Hi Anki Community
I’m new to Anki, and am using it on my Microsoft computer Windows 11.
I’ve tried watching YouTube and reading through the help manuals. I still can’t seem to work it out.
I want to set the below for all Decks and Sub Decks when studying:
Again: 1min
Hard: 5min
Good: 1Day
Easy: 2 Days
No matter what setting I change the intervals remain as show in the image below or vary slightly.
Thanks Josh
Daily Limits and Intervalls are unrelated; you won’t be able to modify the intervalls if you change daily limits.
It’s probably best if you let the algorithm do its job, though; better yet, you enable FSRS, set desired retention and just grade yourself honestly (see Studying - Anki Manual). Maybe even better if you disable the interval preview; a lot of users tend to “cheat” themselves if they are unhappy with the interval, which will make FSRSs scheduling worse.
Thank you for help, much appreciated.
I still can’t can’t seem to understand the thought process behind this, something so simple yet seems so difficult…
As per the image below I created my own preference….
And some how I’m seeing:
Hard <6m
Good: 10m
Easy: 2d
What am I doing wrong here or not understanding ? Thank you
The sm2 intervalls are changed by changing the modifiers Deck Options - Anki Manual.
Thanks for your help, but I really don’t understand… I’ve look at the instructions multiple times..
All I’m trying to achieve is to view an Again card after 1min, Hard card after 10 min, Good after 1 day and Easy Card After 2 days….. really shouldn’t be this difficult.
Can someone just show me the settings on how to achieve this or tell me if its not possible….
If not I’ll have to enrol in the Bachelors Degree On how to use ANKI..
That is not possible.
When a card is first introduced, you can control the interval on Again, and you can somewhat control the intervals on Good and Easy, but not Hard – Deck Options - Anki Manual .
There’s no reason for the app to make it easy for you to control your intervals in such minute detail. The app has scheduling algorithms for a reason, and either one of them (but especially FSRS) is better than you will ever be at controlling your own intervals.
Okay I sort of understand, but why does the algorithm control this ? Sure it can be disabled.. If I want to see a card again in 2 days rather than 9 days surely that’s my call..
You can use filtered decks for that.
Because Anki is a tool designed to memorize information. The algorithm controls the intervals to make sure the user actually memorizes their cards. Most people would over- or underestimate the intervalls they need, making their learning ineffective at best or even fail to remember their cards completely in the worst case.
Edit: And, of course, once you have hundreds or thousands of cards, it becomes basically impossible to manually manage the intervals for every single card correctly; but with an algorithm, it’s no problem.
Edit 2:
No, it cannot be. That would defeat the purpose of using Anki. Imagine there was a setting in Anki to disable learning flashcards; that wouldn’t make sense, since that’s exactly what anki is supposed to be used for. Same applies to the algorithm; it’s an integral part of anki.
Thanks for your response’s, there must be some confusion. I’m not saying to disable learning flash cards, that would be silly.
Anyway I’ll keep reading over the instructions and hopefully one day it will make sense.
It might be more helpful for you to think of Anki as a scheduling program. Don’t think of it as just a simple flashcard program.
People use Anki because they want Anki to set the intervals for Again/Hard/Good/Easy. That is Anki’s primary job, to decide which cards get shown to you and exactly when they get shown. You “hired” Anki to do the job of deciding the Again/Hard/Good/Easy interval values for you. That is the whole point of using Anki.
Thank you Ben, this does help!
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