# Restack someone else's Note (/docs/using/notes/restack-someone-elses-note)

To restack someone else's Note from WriteStack, copy the Note's URL from Substack and paste it into a WriteStack Note. WriteStack shows the Note as a card under your text, and it publishes on Substack as a restack with your words on top.

[Auto-restack](/docs/using/notes/auto-restack) is a different feature: it restacks your own Notes later.

## Steps [#steps]

1. On Substack, open the Note you want to restack and copy its URL from the address bar. It looks like `https://substack.com/@handle/note/c-123456789`.

   ![A Substack Note open in the browser with its URL selected in the address bar](/images/docs/quote-note-copy-url.png)

2. In WriteStack, open a new Note in the editor and paste the URL.
3. Wait a moment. WriteStack shows the other writer's Note as a card under the text, with their name, photo and words.

   ![The WriteStack editor with a pasted Note URL and the quoted Note shown as a card below it](/images/docs/quote-note-card.png)

4. Hover the URL in your text and click **Remove link from note text**. The card stays; only the URL goes away.

   ![Hovering the pasted URL shows the Remove link from note text button](/images/docs/quote-note-remove-link.png)

5. Write your own comment above the card, or leave the text empty for a plain restack. Then publish or schedule the Note as usual.

## Limits [#limits]

| Item | Limit |
| --- | --- |
| Quoted Notes per Note | 1. It takes the Note's one [link preview](/docs/using/notes/images-and-link-previews#link-previews) spot |
| Notes with a poll | Can't quote a Note |

To remove the card, hover it and click its remove (**×**) button.

{/* TODO(orel): Confirm a quoted Note counts toward the one-link-preview limit, and that an empty-text Note with only the card publishes as a plain restack on Substack. */}

## If it doesn't work [#if-it-doesnt-work]

| Problem | Fix |
| --- | --- |
| No card shows after pasting | Check the URL is a Note link (it has `/note/c-` in it), not a post link. Paste it again. |
| The URL is still in my published Note | You skipped step 4. Remove the link from the text before publishing. |