Edit Note Screen

The edit note screen can be opened by choosing edit while reviewing, or by opening a card in the browser. The edit screen is similar to the add new note screen mentioned above, with some key differences:

  • Changing the deck operates on the selected card (which is underlined in the Cards box). If a note type is chosen which has more than one card, only the currently selected card will be moved to the new deck.

  • Changing the Type dropdown selector changes to the note type edit mode. In this mode, editing the content of the note (i.e. deck, fields, etc) is disabled, and if a custom note type with more than two fields is being used, additional buttons will appear which let you control the mapping of the fields to the new note type.

If a note type is selected which has less cards than the original note type, only the first n cards will be kept. For example changing from Basic (and reversed card) to Basic will lead to only the first card being kept. To warn you of this, the text in the Cards box will appear red, and a confirmation dialog will be shown before the note is saved.

Hint: to change the type for multiple notes in one go, or to customize the mapping between cards, use the Change note type option in the browser on Anki Desktop.

There are also several advanced options available in the main menu:

Add note

Create a new empty note

Copy card

Copy the current note to a new editable note

Reset progress

Move the card to the end of the new card queue. The current state of the card is cleared, but not its revision history.

Reschedule

Allows you to reschedule as a review card on a given date. This is useful if you have imported already-learnt material, and you want to start it off with higher initial intervals.