Saving Edits

[matapacheco]

I have noticed that my edits (additional images, lecture notes, explanations etc) will disappear every time there is an update to the parent Anking deck. Is there a way to receive the updates without compromising my edits?

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Reading: Can I protect my own edits when subscribing to the AnKing Step Deck?

Your edits are probably being overwritten because those fields are not protected in AnkiHub when the parent AnKing deck updates.

AnkiHub can preserve your personal edits during updates by using protected fields.

1. Check which fields are already protected

For the AnKing Step-style decks, AnkiHub automatically protects fields like:

• Lecture Notes
• Missed Questions
• Pathoma
• Boards and Beyond
• First Aid
• Additional Resources
• Physeo

These should not be overwritten by updates.

It does not automatically protect, for example:

• Text
• Extra
• Sketchy
• Pixorize

If you’re adding your images/notes into these unprotected fields, they can be changed by updates.

2. Protect the fields you’re editing

You can change what’s protected for your subscription:

1. Open the AnkiHub add-on in Anki.
2. Go to your AnKing deck’s subscription settings.
3. Find Protected fields.
4. Enable protection for the fields where you add:
   • your images,
   • lecture notes,
   • explanations, etc.
5. Sync with AnkiHub again.

There’s a step‑by‑step tutorial here (linked from the official FAQ):
“How to manage protected fields” – embedded in this topic:

Can I protect my own edits when subscribing to the AnKing Step Deck?

Yes! AnkiHub lets you protect entire fields We automatically protect: Lecture Notes MIssed Questions Pathoma Boards and Beyond First Aid Additional Resources Physeo We do not protect Text Extra Sketchy Pixorize If you would like to alter your protected settings, please follow this tutorial If you would like to learn more about protecting fields and tags, please visit this topic: Protecting Fields and Tags

And more general details here:

Protecting Fields and Tags

What is “Protecting” A Field? Protecting a field allows you to add anything you want to a field without it being overwritten by AnkiHub Protecting Fields with Special Tags You can protect fields of individual notes using special tags. For example: AnkiHub_Protect::Front protects the Front field of the note that has this tag. (Use underscore if there are spaces in the field name). AnkiHub_Protect::All protects all fields of the note. These tags are only used in the add-on, not on the Website. T…

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If you’re not sure which exact fields your edits live in, take a screenshot of the card editor showing your added content and I can walk you through which fields to protect.

[MarcosZan]

Hello,

The bot explained it well. In summary, please follow this tutorial to ensure that the fields you don’t want updated are protected by checking the appropriate boxes: How to Manage Protected Fields

Let us know if you have any other questions.