# Restoring number of reviews to previous back-up?

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**Created:** [June 3, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/restoring-number-of-reviews-to-previous-back-up/45566 "2024-06-03T18:16:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/restoring-number-of-reviews-to-previous-back-up/45566/4 "2024-06-03T22:54:25Z")

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That backup wouldn’t have different _due dates_ than the due dates you have in your collection right now, so it wouldn’t change when the cards are/were due. Cards are scheduled to be due on “June 2” – not “3 days from now” or “3 days ago.” [The only thing you’d accomplish by restoring a backup would be to lose you any edits/updates/reviews you have done in the meantime.] Also, you’d still have _to study_ all 800, so messing with clocks and backups doesn’t really help you.

Before jumping straight to the quick-fix-add-ons – I’d encourage you to read the rest of that thread, including my post that discusses **why you should not use** most of them – they will make things worse overall.

> [@Postponing Algorithm](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/postponing-algorithm/43173/2):
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> No, there isn’t. But there also wasn’t under the SM-2 algorithm. The logic is the same – your brain doesn’t take weekends and holidays off. As long as your memory keeps decaying (an unhaltable process), your cards will keep needing to be reviewed. True, there are add-ons that will offer to push your whole collection by X days – but I would say they harm more than they help. While longer-interval cards might be fine showing up delayed by a few days, even just a day or 2 or 3 can make a big diffe…

A better next step is just start studying again. Right now, you’ve only done a little bit of “damage” and only to the backlog cards. You can shift them out of the way so that you can get your due studying done on time, and work those 800 back in gradually. Here’s how I suggest doing that –

> [@Adressing Backlog](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/adressing-backlog/43842/2):
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> Here’s what I do with a backlog – similar to [what’s described in the manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/filtered-decks.html#catching-up). It allows you to push forward with your current studying while folding the backlog in at whatever pace you want. Set your daily New cards to 0 Make a “Catch-up” Filtered Deck to siphon off the overdue cards – like is:due prop:due\<=-1 (if you have subjects you want to keep separate, do this for each of those decks/subdecks). A regular study-day would be – Study all of the due Review cards in your main deck, including g…

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