Custom Delimiters

Last modified: 13/02/2026

What this setting does

Sprout uses | as the default card-field delimiter. If that conflicts with your note content (for example, heavy LaTeX), you can choose another delimiter.

Available delimiters

Option	Character
Pipe (default)	|
At sign	@
Tilde	~
Semicolon	;

Changing the delimiter

1. Go to Settings → Storage → Card delimiter.
2. Select your preferred delimiter from the dropdown.

Example

With the @ delimiter:

T @ Title @
Q @ What is the capital of France? @
A @ Paris @
I @ Located on the River Seine @
G @ Geography @

With the ~ delimiter:

T ~ Title ~
Q ~ What is the capital of France? ~
A ~ Paris ~

Important limit

WARNING

Changing the delimiter does not migrate existing cards. Cards written with the old delimiter stop parsing. On the next sync, those cards can lose scheduling linkage/progress.

Only change this on a fresh vault, or after manually converting all existing cards.

When to change

Most users should keep |. Consider changing only when needed:

• Your notes use many | characters in content (for example LaTeX).
• Another workflow or plugin conflicts with pipe-delimited fields.

TIP

Before changing globally, try the multi-line pattern in Card Formatting. That often avoids delimiter conflicts without breaking existing cards.