How do I know I have finished an Anki deck?
October 01, 2023 — Tatsumoto Ren
When should I consider a premade anki deck to be "finished" in order to move on from it? Should I shoot for 100% mature cards?
- Open the Anki Browser (shortcut: b).
- From the left sidebar select the deck you want to check.
- Add
is:new
to the search query.
If there are no new cards left, you're done.
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See also: Card states.
Aiming at 100% mature cards is unreasonable. When you fail a mature card, it might revert to a young card.
When you start a new deck, continue reviewing your previous decks. Forgetting is inevitable, so you must review all your decks consistently to retain the material. Alternatively, you could keep all your cards in a single deck or create subdecks within a main deck.