# Is it possible to disable burning items?
**URL:** https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229
**Category:** Tips & Tricks
**Created:** [September 25, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229 "2019-09-25T21:17:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@pkubaj](https://community.wanikani.com/u/pkubaj)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/1 "2019-09-25T21:17:54Z")
I’m on my way in about two weeks to burn my first items. However, I’m afraid about forgetting the more complicated ones after some time. Is it possible to disable burning them so that they are permanently at enlightened level and come back for reviews sometimes?
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### Author:  [@sigolino](https://community.wanikani.com/u/sigolino)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/2 "2019-09-25T21:24:16Z")
No, but you can revive them after burning. They go back to Apprentice I, I think.
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### Author:  [@Pep95](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Pep95)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2019, 6:29am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/4 "2019-09-26T06:29:24Z")
You could also add some reading practices to your routine, so that you keep getting exposed to the kanji.
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### Author:  [@krysta84](https://community.wanikani.com/u/krysta84)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2019, 8:11am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/5 "2019-09-26T08:11:09Z")
I plan on going through every level again once I hit 60, by manually checking off all the items I’ve forgotten and just resurrecting them.
That way, even after 60, Wanikani will remain a daily part of my life, as it has been since march this year. A habit I have yet to break, and don’t plan on breaking any day soon.
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### Author:  [@jneapan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jneapan)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2019, 9:40am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/6 "2019-09-26T09:40:46Z")
They said they wanted to add this feature at some point, but that was in April and we haven’t heard anything back since then 🤷♂️[API V2 Beta Documentation - #689 by jneapan](https://community.wanikani.com/t/api-v2-beta-documentation/18987/689)
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### Author:  [@pkubaj](https://community.wanikani.com/u/pkubaj)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/7 "2019-09-28T12:13:07Z")
Making them Apprentice is not really useful. It would having a few times more Apprentice items and much more reviews. I hope they add it in API soon.
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### Author:  [@ikuradon](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ikuradon)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/8 "2020-01-05T02:05:33Z")
If anyone from WK is listening I hope they add this soon too. It’s frustrating to have to put items back to apprentice when a rare review would do. @koichi?
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### Author:  [@koichi](https://community.wanikani.com/u/koichi)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/9 "2020-01-05T02:58:23Z")
I feel like this is the kind of thing that would happen outside of regular reviews. Like a burned items review pile. I think there are some 3rd party apps that do this (though it’s random, I think). We’ve thought about it from time to time too, but there are other ways besides reviews to practice recall of kanji and vocabulary. That should happen outside of WaniKani via reading (which we need to do a better job of encouraging). If we did this inside of WaniKani, it wouldn’t be a review system like the one you see now. It’d be more about using kanji/vocabulary in context.
Roundabout way of saying I agree it’d be great to review items you’ve burned but we’re not planning to make it happen inside of typical reviews.
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### Author:  [@konekush](https://community.wanikani.com/u/konekush)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/10 "2020-01-05T05:13:23Z")
If we had a pile that regenerated reviews a year after getting them right last (either from burning or from within the pile itself), with the option to unburn items as you go (both that you got correct AND those you got correct), that would be amazing.
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### Author:  [@jneapan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jneapan)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/11 "2020-01-05T06:59:23Z")
I’d still prefer to be able to demote burned items to any SRS level I want, instead of just apprentice, the way it works now. I don’t think that would be a terribly complicated thing to do, technically.
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### Author:  [@afunian](https://community.wanikani.com/u/afunian)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2020, 7:46am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/12 "2020-01-05T07:46:00Z")
Maybe there is a way to implement something where burned items go back to queue for the burn time (I think 4 months?) and become reviews again every 4 months again, instead of stopping the review timer?
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### Author:  [@namazurider](https://community.wanikani.com/u/namazurider)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/13 "2020-01-15T21:09:14Z")
You could use WKstats to see all of the items you’ve burned on a single page and then review them one by one. I haven’t tried but you could probably print the page and check them off as you go as well.
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### Author:  [@JoeyBertschler](https://community.wanikani.com/u/JoeyBertschler)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/14 "2020-11-23T23:03:21Z")
Any news on this feature?
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### Author:  [@JenK](https://community.wanikani.com/u/JenK)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/15 "2020-11-24T01:18:15Z")
Nope, not at this moment.
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### Author:  [@JoeyBertschler](https://community.wanikani.com/u/JoeyBertschler)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/16 "2020-11-24T10:00:00Z")
Thanks for the swift update. I’ll ask again in 363 days
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### Author:  [@JonathanG](https://community.wanikani.com/u/JonathanG)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/17 "2021-01-03T16:52:28Z")
Although I’m not at that level yet, I do see the benefits
It still would be great if there was a setting to allow us to choose what happens to burnt items. Sometimes even if answered correctly, it feels the speed of recollection means it still could use some strategic practice. Sometimes I feel I haven’t earned an SRS level-up.
By default everything stays as it is.
In Settings a switch: [off] as is / [on] review (x)months from date of burn
Or a burn library with drop downs on each item:
- choose SRS Stage & add to next scheduled review
Another idea - add Flagged/favourites for self-study quiz. Then troublesome burnt items can be practiced with precision
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### Author:  [@Kooruse](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Kooruse)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/18 "2021-01-03T18:24:07Z")
Hey there, a tad new here, where can I install/apply this self-study script?
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### Author:  [@plantron](https://community.wanikani.com/u/plantron)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/19 "2021-01-03T18:49:06Z")
Try 363,000 days
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### Author:  [@JoeyBertschler](https://community.wanikani.com/u/JoeyBertschler)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/22 "2021-05-23T04:26:22Z")
still want it
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### Author:  [@alo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/alo)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-burning-items/39229/23 "2021-05-23T04:40:36Z")
Has it been 363 days already? My, how time flies.
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