It's actually discussed in the manual - see https://apps.ankiweb.net/docs/manual.html#catching-up https://apps.ankiweb.net/docs/manual.html#catching-up The bas

It's actually discussed in the manual - see https://apps.ankiweb.net/docs/manual.html#catching-up https://apps.ankiweb.net/docs/manual.html#catching-up The basic idea is that Anki lets you create decks using search terms, so you create a deck of cards that came due in the past few days and study those. You can then go through the backlog at your own pace.