V12 Upgrade without loosing notes on extra section

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Based on my search of the AnkiHub community forums, I understand your situation with upgrading to AnKing v12 while preserving your important notes in the Extra field. Here’s how you can do this:

Solution: Protect Your Extra Field

The key is to protect your Extra field before upgrading to v12. This prevents AnkiHub from overwriting your personal notes when you update.

Option 1: Protect the Extra field globally

  1. Log into the AnkiHub website
  2. Go to the main page of your AnKing deck
  3. Click the 3 dots in the top right corner
  4. Select “Manage protected data”
  5. Check the box next to “Extra” field to protect it
  6. Save your changes
  7. Then proceed with your v12 upgrade

Option 2: Protect specific cards’ Extra fields

If you only want to protect certain cards:

  1. In Anki, open the browser and find the cards with your important notes
  2. Select these cards (use Ctrl+Click for multiple selections)
  3. Right-click and select “AnkiHub: Protect Fields”
  4. Choose “Extra” from the list
  5. Now these specific cards’ Extra fields will be protected during the upgrade

After protecting your fields:

  1. Subscribe to the AnKing v12 deck on AnkiHub
  2. Sync your AnkiHub add-on
  3. Your protected Extra field notes will remain untouched while the rest of the deck updates

According to the AnkiHub documentation, the Extra field is not automatically protected by default, which is why your notes were being overwritten when you tried to upgrade previously.

If you encounter any issues with this process, please provide more specific details about what steps you’ve tried so I can offer more targeted assistance.