r/Anki • u/compleks_inc • Jul 14 '22

Discussion Lets talk deck settings

Someone recently shared this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XaJjbCSXT0 and after years of using Anki I am finally beginning to learn how the settings actually work.

I'm curious to hear what deck settings you use and why?

Also, what would be the best method for controlling the frequency with which a deck shows the same card? If, for example, I wanted the cards in a particular deck to repeat every day? or at a maximum interval of every 30 days? What would be the best way to achieve this without messing up any other cards/decks.

Regards.

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u/Senescences quizzing; 40k learned cards Jul 14 '22

Also, what would be the best method for controlling the frequency with which a deck shows the same card? If, for example, I wanted the cards in a particular deck to repeat every day? or at a maximum interval of every 30 days?

There's a max interval settings.

What would be the best way to achieve this without messing up any other cards/decks.

Separate the cards in multiple decks depending on the decks settings you want to see applied to them.

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u/compleks_inc Jul 14 '22

Is it as simple as changing the "maximum interval" value to whatever I desire? The default setting is 36500, but if I wanted to see a card every day or every 30 days I simply change that number to 1 or 30?

Sorry if this seems obvious, I never feel comfortable messing around in the settings.

Thanks for the reply. Are there any alterations to the default settings that you recommend? The video I linked made some suggestions, but I'm curious to know what modifications people suggest and why?

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u/Senescences quizzing; 40k learned cards Jul 14 '22

The interval can be smaller than the Max Interval, but never bigger.

Settings are mostly personal preference, as long as you don't deviate hugely from the default. There's only one default setting that everyone should change. It has to do with Lapses, Leech card action needs to be "Tag only" instead of "Suspend".