# Reviews from before I started using anki **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [April 17, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/reviews-from-before-i-started-using-anki/29457 "2023-04-17T20:02:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dalkey](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dalkey)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/reviews-from-before-i-started-using-anki/29457/1 "2023-04-17T20:02:52Z")
Hi all. I started using anki in 2012, but according to the heatmap add-on, I have 296 review from Wednesday February 4th, 2009. It is possible (but very unlikely) that I might have tried anki in 2009 and forgotten about it, but I can’t imagine how I would do 296 reviews on my first go. Anyway, any ideas how I deal with these ghost reviews? They somewhat mess up my stats. ---
**Author:** ![cqg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cqg](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/cqg)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/reviews-from-before-i-started-using-anki/29457/2 "2023-04-17T20:19:35Z")
You can use the forget command for those cards: [https://docs.ankiweb.net/browsing.html?highlight=forget#cards](https://docs.ankiweb.net/browsing.html?highlight=forget#cards) Alternatively you can export your deck (not including scheduling info), delete ot and reimport again (make a backup previously, just in case) ---
**Author:** ![dalkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dalkey](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dalkey)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/reviews-from-before-i-started-using-anki/29457/3 "2023-04-17T22:24:35Z")
Thanks, but the cards don’t exist anymore (if they ever did). Not sure how to delete the cards if I can’t find them. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/reviews-from-before-i-started-using-anki/29457/4 "2023-04-18T09:22:41Z")
You can manually remove the first reviews using sqlitebrowser. > [@\[tutorial\] How to delete review history to a card](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tutorial-how-to-delete-review-history-to-a-card/6214): > > First close your Anki application if it is running, backup your Anki collection file. Then, as stated on the post [https://anki.tenderapp.com/discussions/ankidesktop/27839-is-there-a-way-to-reset-anki-card-info-from-browse-info](https://anki.tenderapp.com/discussions/ankidesktop/27839-is-there-a-way-to-reset-anki-card-info-from-browse-info), you can delete all the history of a card using the addon [https://github.com/ankitects/anki-addons/blob/master/code/removehistory/init.py](https://github.com/ankitects/anki-addons/blob/master/code/removehistory/ __init__.py) or directly opening the Anki database and accessing the revlog table using [https://sqlitebrowser.org/](https://sqlitebrowser.org/). ---
**Author:** ![dalkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dalkey](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dalkey)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/reviews-from-before-i-started-using-anki/29457/5 "2023-04-18T19:45:59Z")
Ok I’ll try that, thanks. First link no longer works though. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/reviews-from-before-i-started-using-anki/29457/6 "2023-05-18T19:46:36Z")
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