# Says "show duplicate" and doesn't clear the text

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [November 29, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/says-show-duplicate-and-doesnt-clear-the-text/37808 "2023-11-29T18:01:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![AnkiQuestion1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@AnkiQuestion1](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/AnkiQuestion1)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/says-show-duplicate-and-doesnt-clear-the-text/37808/1 "2023-11-29T18:01:55Z")

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Hey! When I add a card, it adds it to the pack but then it shows “show duplicate” in the red. It also doesn’t clear out the text section, I have to clear it myself to write another card.

It used to be so when I add the card, the card is added to the pack and text section is cleared automatically. How do I fix this?

Thank you!

 ![Screenshot 2023-11-29 at 19.53.36](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/5/7/57523fa14737684269e69caafab3fbdfe340267c.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![sprvlcn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@sprvlcn](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/sprvlcn)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/says-show-duplicate-and-doesnt-clear-the-text/37808/2 "2023-11-29T18:13:06Z")

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At the top right in the red section, you see an icon that looks like a thumbtack. Like this: 📌, but vertical. You have turned it on by accident. You should turn it off by clicking on it again.

Turning on this icon makes the field a “sticky field”. See [the documentation about this](https://docs.ankiweb.net/editing.html#editing-features).

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**Author:** ![AnkiQuestion1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@AnkiQuestion1](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/AnkiQuestion1)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/says-show-duplicate-and-doesnt-clear-the-text/37808/3 "2023-11-29T18:20:08Z")

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Thank you so much! This has annoyed me for a while but this fixed it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/says-show-duplicate-and-doesnt-clear-the-text/37808/4 "2023-12-29T18:20:37Z")

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