A way to sync or save my anki process somewhere? Including the anking cards?

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Is there a way for us to sync or save my anki learning process somewhere? Including my learning progress for the anking cards I downloaded. I don’t want to lose my learning progress due to bad labtop. And I wanna ensure the deck management is the same as well (this is so valuable for me rn).

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Yes—there are a couple of good ways to protect your progress and deck setup so you don’t lose anything if your laptop dies.

1. Use AnkiWeb Sync (core Anki feature)

This is the main safety net and what most people use:

  1. In Anki on your laptop, click the sync button (top right, or press Y).
  2. Log in or create a free account at AnkiWeb.
  3. On the first sync, if your AnkiWeb account is empty, choose “Upload” to send everything from your laptop to AnkiWeb.

From then on:

  • Every time you sync, your review progress, scheduling, tags, and deck structure (including AnKing decks) are backed up to AnkiWeb.
  • On a new computer, just install Anki, log into AnkiWeb, click sync, and choose “Download”. You’ll get your full collection back as it was on the last sync.

Important: Only sync one Anki profile to each AnkiWeb account. Don’t share accounts between different people; it can overwrite data.

2. Local Backups / Manual Export (extra safety)

As an extra layer of protection:

Automatic backups

  • Anki Desktop automatically makes backups.
    You can restore from File → Switch Profile → … → Downgrade & Restore (or the Backup manager), if something goes wrong locally.

Manual export

Every so often you can also:

  1. Go to File → Export.
  2. Choose:
    • Export format: Anki Collection Package (*.colpkg) or Anki Deck Package (*.apkg)
    • Make sure “include scheduling” is enabled so review progress is preserved.
  3. Save that file to an external drive or cloud (Google Drive, etc.).

This preserves:

  • Your learning progress (again, including AnKing cards),
  • Your deck management (subdecks, tags, custom study settings, etc.),
  • And media if you choose to include it.

3. How this relates to AnkiHub / AnKing

As long as you:

  • Keep syncing to AnkiWeb, and
  • Continue using the same AnkiHub-connected deck (don’t delete/reimport from scratch),

your:

  • AnKing card progress,
  • Customizations (like new tags, extra fields, custom subdecks),
  • And AnkiHub subscription to updates

will all be preserved and restored on a new device after you sync and log into AnkiHub again.

If you tell me:

  • What devices you use (laptop only vs phone + laptop), and
  • Whether you already have an AnkiWeb account,

I can give you step‑by‑step instructions tailored to your setup.

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Hello,

As the bot mentioned, the way to do this is via AnkiWeb sync. It’s a free cloud storage service provided by Anki that almost every user uses.

Let me know if you need help with anything else. :blush:

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thank you for responding, my only problem with this is that I annotated the anking cards to my own liking while studying. I am not going to upload these changes of course to Anking, but then syncing will destroy these local changes right?

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Just to clarify, let me break down the differences between these services to avoid any confusion:

  • Anki is the app you use to study. AnkiWeb is the free online service for backing up your Anki collection. Everything in your Anki app is backed up to the cloud, allowing you to sync between devices. If you ever lose your local data, you can restore it from AnkiWeb.
  • AnkiHub is a collaboration platform for downloading and updating decks, like the AnKing Step Deck. It allows you to access decks and collaborate by suggesting changes.

You can use AnkiWeb without worry, as its primary purpose is backup. Just be careful when syncing: if prompted, make sure you know whether to “Upload to AnkiWeb” (overwrite the cloud with your device’s data) or “Download from AnkiWeb” (overwrite your device with the cloud’s data) based on which version is most current.

Regarding your local changes, you should know about “Protected Fields.” When you sync with AnkiHub, your cards are updated to match the version on the server. However, you can designate specific fields to be protected so your notes aren’t overwritten.

We generally recommend using the “Lecture Notes” or “Missed Questions” fields for your personal annotations. These fields are not updated by our team, making them safe for your notes.

On the other hand, we recommend keeping the “Text” and “Extra” fields unprotected because these receive the most content updates. If you have personal notes in the “Text” or “Extra” fields, they will be overwritten during an update unless you protect them. However, if you do protect them, you will stop receiving future updates for those specific fields.

Here is a tutorial on how to manage this: How to Manage Protected Fields

Let me know if you need any further clarification. :blush:

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Thank you for the explanation!

Need one clarification: I thought when we say update, we mean that our local anking cards will not get updated unless we sync with ankihub?

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If you already had AnKing cards in your collection, and then created an AnkiHub account and downloaded the deck, some cards will be updated automatically.

If you do not sync with AnkiHub again after that point, your cards will not receive further updates. However, by default, the AnkiHub add-on performs a sync whenever your Anki does.

While you can change this setting, I cannot guarantee that you won’t receive updates while the add-on is installed, as that is the main purpose of AnkiHub. There is no reason to have the AnkiHub add-on installed if you do not want the updated AnKing Step Deck or ongoing updates.

Please let me know if this answers your question! :blush:

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I see. Thank you.

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