Ankihub FSRS Setting and Butler add on from anki mastery course

[harshalshringi]

I started with anking step deck via ankihub. I tried changing fsrs settings as suggested in yt video. it got messed up and accidentally deleted anking deck. I sign out and sign in on ankihub and it got reinstalled. I installed buttler add on and enable fsrs recommended settings. I think i messeed up this settings. which settings should i choose or return back to default ? It shows ankihub and anking and default settings in options tab. As i just started out on anking deck, i have option to reset this as well but cannot delete anki account as i have other decks. thank you so much.

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Here’s how to safely “un-mess” things and get back to a clean starting point with the AnKing Step deck, AnkiHub, FSRS, and Butler.

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1. Don’t delete your Anki account

You don’t need to delete your Anki/AnkiWeb account or your whole profile. Since you’re early in using the AnKing Step deck, it’s much safer to just:

• Reset the AnKing Step deck itself, and
• Reset the deck options / FSRS settings to sane defaults.

Your other decks can stay as they are.

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2. Identify which option group you’re actually using

Open Anki on your computer:

1. Go to the Decks screen.
2. Click the gear icon next to your AnKing Step parent deck → Options.

At the top of the Options window, you’ll see the preset name (e.g. “AnkiHub”, “AnKing”, “Default”, “Butler FSRS”, etc). That’s the one this deck is actually using.

For the rest of these steps, we want the Step deck to use one single, clean preset, not multiple different ones.

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3. Easiest fix: use AnkiHub’s recommended settings

If you’re subscribed through AnkiHub, the simplest way to get back to good settings is:

1. In Anki, open the AnkiHub add-on (AnkiHub → Manage Subscriptions).
2. Select the AnKing Step deck subscription.
3. Click “Apply recommended settings” (wording may be slightly different like “Recommended settings” or similar).

This will:

• Apply the AnkiHub/AnKing–recommended deck options (daily limits, learning steps, etc.).
• Put you on a solid default configuration; you don’t need to manually tweak FSRS numbers yourself.

If you see both “AnkiHub” and “AnKing” option groups in the Options drop‑down, pick the one that gets selected when you click Recommended settings in AnkiHub, then use that for the entire AnKing Step deck (see next step).

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4. Assign one preset to the whole AnKing Step deck

Once you know which preset you want (e.g. “AnkiHub”):

1. Open Options on the top-level AnKing Step deck.
2. In the top-right of the Options window, click the small arrow ▼.
3. Choose “Save to all subdecks”.

Now every subdeck of the AnKing Step deck uses the same preset (e.g. “AnkiHub”), so there’s no conflict between “AnkiHub / AnKing / Default / Butler” presets.

If you created any obviously broken presets, you can clean them up later with Rename/Delete from that same menu.

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5. FSRS and Butler: what to do

Since you’re just starting, you do not need to customize FSRS parameters yourself.

Recommended for now:

• In Deck Options → Advanced:
  • Make sure “Use FSRS scheduling” is enabled if you want FSRS.
  • Keep FSRS parameters as the default or the ones set by the Butler “FSRS recommended” once.
• Do not repeatedly apply different “recommended” presets from different places (YouTube, Butler, random templates), as they may conflict.

If you feel everything got over-tweaked:

1. In Butler, stop re-running scheduling “wizards” for now.
2. Trust one source of truth: AnkiHub recommended settings + default FSRS parameters.

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6. If your cards look “messed up”

Since you’re early in the deck, you can also reset the AnKing Step deck’s progress without touching your other decks:

1. Select the AnKing Step deck.
2. Click Browse.
3. In the browser left panel, select the AnKing Step deck (parent) so all its cards show.
4. Select all cards (Ctrl+A / Cmd+A).
5. Use Cards → Forget (or Cards → Set Due Date → Forget depending on your version).

This will send all cards back to “New” in the AnKing Step deck only.
Your other decks are unaffected.

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7. Summary of what I recommend you do now

1. Apply AnkiHub “Recommended settings” for the AnKing Step deck via the AnkiHub add-on.
2. In Deck Options, use that preset and choose “Save to all subdecks”.
3. Use FSRS with default/recommended parameters only; don’t manually edit the FSRS numbers.
4. Optionally Forget all AnKing Step cards so you restart clean with correct settings.
5. Leave your other decks and account as-is.

If you’d like, reply here with:

• A screenshot of the Options window for your AnKing Step deck (showing the preset name), and
• A screenshot of the Advanced tab (FSRS section),

and I can tell you exactly which dropdowns/buttons to click next.

[harshalshringi]

cannot find manage subscription on ankihub add on in anki. in Ankihub deck managment, no option showing for applying recommended settings in ankinng step deck.

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You’re right that in some setups you won’t see “Manage Subscriptions” or a visible “Apply recommended settings” button directly in the AnkiHub add-on. Let’s fix this without relying on that button.

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1. First, check you’re on the latest AnkiHub add-on

In Anki:

1. Go to Tools → Add-ons.
2. Select AnkiHub.
3. Click Check for Updates (or View Files → confirm version).
4. Restart Anki after updating.

Some older versions didn’t expose deck-management options as clearly.

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2. Use the AnkiHub web interface instead

Even if the add-on UI is limited, you can still be sure your deck structure is correct from the web:

1. Go to your subscription page for the deck:
   https://community.ankihub.net/decks → click your AnKing Step deck.
2. Confirm:
   • The deck is Subscribed.
   • There are no errors shown (e.g. “deck not found”, etc.).

This doesn’t change FSRS settings directly, but it confirms the deck is correctly linked.

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3. Manually choose a clean preset in Deck Options

Since you see “AnkiHub”, “AnKing”, and “Default” in the Options dropdown, do this:

1. In Anki, on the Decks screen, click the gear icon next to the top-level AnKing Step deck → Options.
2. At the top of the window, click the preset dropdown.
3. Choose the preset that looks most like the one created by AnkiHub (usually called “AnkiHub” or “AnKing Step – AnkiHub”).

If you’re not sure which one is “right”:

• Pick “AnkiHub” if available.
• Avoid anything that clearly comes from Butler (e.g. “Butler FSRS …”) for now.

Then:

4. Click the small arrow ▾ in the top-right of the Options window.
5. Choose “Save to all subdecks”.

Now the entire AnKing Step deck uses that single preset, and Butler’s or other random presets won’t mix in.

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4. Set FSRS back to safe defaults

With that preset selected:

1. In the same Options window, open the Advanced tab.
2. Make sure:
   • Use FSRS scheduling is ON (checked).
   • FSRS parameters:
     • If there’s a Reset / Default button there (depends on your Anki version), click it.
     • Otherwise, leave the values Butler put in once and don’t edit them further.
3. Make sure Reschedule cards on change is unchecked for now, to avoid a flood of suddenly-due cards.

You do not need to run Butler’s FSRS wizard again.

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5. (Optional) Restart the deck clean

Since you just started the deck:

1. Click Browse.
2. In the left panel, select the AnKing Step parent deck.
3. Ctrl+A / Cmd+A to select all cards.
4. Top menu: Cards → Forget.

Now all AnKing Step cards are new again, using that one clean preset. Your other decks stay untouched.

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6. If you’re still unsure, please send screenshots

Reply here with:

1. A screenshot of the Options window for the top-level AnKing Step deck (showing the preset name and the “Save to all subdecks” menu).
2. A screenshot of the Advanced tab (FSRS section).

I can then tell you exactly which preset to pick and whether your current FSRS settings look safe.

[Brian_BH]

Hello,

I would be happy to help.

@harshalshringi

I think i messeed up this settings.

It might be helpful if you can share some more information about how you “messed up” the settings, just so I’m on the same page.

@harshalshringi

which settings should i choose or return back to default ?

You can always find the recommended settings, as well as a conversation about rationale behind those choices, can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo-qQvOZDfg

Please let me know if that answers your question, and if there’s anything else I can help with.

[harshalshringi]

thank you for prompt response. i have unsubscribe and resubscribe deck and it fresh installed with default settings. I was trying to change deafult anking settings to one mentioned in this video.

There are few issues that i encounter

1. No option to compute minimum recommended retention. Its by deafult 90%. I was trying to reduce it but i cannot compute minimum recommended retention. It has been mentioned in video that desired retention should be higher than calculaed cmrr. I just started anking and plan to give step 1 atleast 15 months later. Should i reduce it to 85% or leave it as it is ?

2. Should i change the learning steps and relearning steps empty or leave as it is ?

3. Change maximum interval to 3650 in video or leave as it is ?

4. Any change in display order as suggested in video or leave as it is ?

   
   

Thank you so much.

[Brian_BH]

@harshalshringi

No option to compute minimum recommended retention. Its by deafult 90%. I was trying to reduce it but i cannot compute minimum recommended retention. It has been mentioned in video that desired retention should be higher than calculaed cmrr. I just started anking and plan to give step 1 atleast 15 months later. Should i reduce it to 85% or leave it as it is ?

I’m not sure, I’m sorry to say. That’s more of an FSRS-specific question, and I can’t say I’ve ever bothered with the minimum recommended retention function, honestly. It may be a question that is better answered over at the official Anki forums: https://forums.ankiweb.net/

If you want your desired retention to be 85%, then you can set it to 85%. Ultimately, desired retention is, as it sounds, whatever you desire for your target retention to be, essentially.

@harshalshringi

• Should i change the learning steps and relearning steps empty or leave as it is ?
• Change maximum interval to 3650 in video or leave as it is ?
• Any change in display order as suggested in video or leave as it is ?

That’s entirely up to you.

The video linked above discusses learning steps, max interval, etc., and the general recommendations there.