# Study with Tags not working for me **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [December 9, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/study-with-tags-not-working-for-me/5661 "2020-12-09T20:45:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amaity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@amaity](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/amaity)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/study-with-tags-not-working-for-me/5661/1 "2020-12-09T20:45:03Z")
I am trying to use the custom study feature where you can study by selecting cards with a specific tag but every time that I select the tag that I want to select for, it says “No cards match the selected criteria”. I have double checked whether I had selected anything in the “exclude” cards area and nothing was selected. I also made sure that my cards had the correct tags on them and they did. How do I get the study by tags feature to work? ---
**Author:** ![abdo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/abdo/32/654_2.png) [@abdo](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/abdo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/study-with-tags-not-working-for-me/5661/2 "2020-12-09T22:51:34Z")
Could you post the exact search text you used? You can also test it in the card browser to make sure that it actually matches any cards. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/study-with-tags-not-working-for-me/5661/3 "2023-05-01T05:21:06Z")