# When adding cards, undo functionality is additive **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [February 27, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-adding-cards-undo-functionality-is-additive/69011 "2026-02-27T02:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joelebutler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@joelebutler](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/joelebutler)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-adding-cards-undo-functionality-is-additive/69011/1 "2026-02-27T02:17:15Z")
1. Go to add a new card 2. Enter some text in the front 3. Activate “Back” edit box 4. Press command+Z to undo. 5. Undo steps are appended to each other, instead of being a true stream of reversed steps or newlines are added. On MacOS 26.2 Anki 25.09.2 ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-adding-cards-undo-functionality-is-additive/69011/2 "2026-02-27T08:22:19Z")
It’s not clear what you’re describing. Perhaps you can describe it with more detail. Please also search first to see if your issue has already been reported. ---
**Author:** ![joelebutler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@joelebutler](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/joelebutler)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-adding-cards-undo-functionality-is-additive/69011/3 "2026-02-27T13:37:05Z")
Hello! I did that already when it was suggested before I made my post. To clarify: follow the steps I provided. Instead of past steps being properly undone, their text is added onto one another or a new line is added. So, Text A (delete) Text B (delete) click back side and hit undo button. turns into: Text B Text A instead of properly stepping back to Text B ---
**Author:** ![kaiu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/kaiu/32/32616_2.png) [@kaiu](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/kaiu)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-adding-cards-undo-functionality-is-additive/69011/4 "2026-02-27T15:07:51Z")
> [@joelebutler](#): > > - Activate “Back” edit box > - Press command+Z to undo. A new field, almost like a new window. I’m not surprised it’s so hard to undo. If I enter 111 222, then press DEL, then 111, then 222, and move on to the next field, the 111 will never be restored. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-adding-cards-undo-functionality-is-additive/69011/5 "2026-02-27T19:33:16Z")
The editor has known undo issues: > > > Anki 2.1.46 (94913ec2)⁩ > Windows 10 21H1 > > (My English is very bad, these words… below I used translation software, may not be very clear expression, but I hope you can understand) > > Type some text > !\[图片\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/63684082/128695990-e27a279d-626d-49c4-b384-cb3e14edfc5b.png) > Select some text superscript or subscript > !\[图片\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/63684082/128696016-5e53fa57-ca67-44d4-9053-f469eaa410e1.png) > If you click the "HTML Editor" button after superscripting or subscripting some text > !\[图片\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/63684082/128696023-24dbd0bd-0d77-4bbd-9c8f-9d59731ef281.png) > Then back > !\[图片\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/63684082/128696029-c3a2746c-f554-42bd-855e-e043c919b6ec.png) > If you try to undo with Ctrl+Z again at this point, something strange will happen > Sometimes the undo will fail, sometimes the text will not be undone properly, but the previously deleted text will reappear. > > I recorded a video to show it. > After returning from the "HTML Editor", the first time I pressed Ctrl+Z the text did not change (normally, the 12\34567\89 should be 123456789), and when I pressed Ctrl+Z a second time, the previously deleted 999999 appeared. The third time I pressed Ctrl+Z, the 999999 that had suddenly appeared disappeared. > > https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/63684082/128696905-1d87ea76-c335-4f04-ab92-70edbb424637.mp4 > > ⁨ > > > Currently certain operations do not undo correctly, or clear the undo history. > … > Most recent report: https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/in-editor-keyboard-undo-redo-breaks-with-formatted-text-and-loses-history-when-field-unfocused-and-refocused/47688 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/when-adding-cards-undo-functionality-is-additive/69011/6 "2026-03-29T19:33:43Z")
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