Backspace to go Back
Workflow & Planning
Restores browser behavior of navigating to previous page when pressing the Backspace key.
Users
100K
Rating
4.5
Reviews
561
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0|0%
Stable signalNo paid features detectedHigh-risk permissions
Go Back With Backspace
Re-enables the backspace key as a back navigation button (except when writing text).
Users300KCurrent public install base
Rating3.2Store average score
Reviews1,369Public review volume
Manifest versionV3Extension platform version
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Version3.0
ManifestV3
Size21.89KiB
Languages1English
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Go back with the backspace button! This extension re-enables the backspace key as a back navigation button -- except if you're writing text.
What's New in 3.0:
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* Updated to Manifest V3.
Before Chrome 52, the backspace key navigated back (if you weren't writing text). Many people lost their progress while working online by accidentally pressing backspace and leaving a page -- so we removed the feature from Chrome, and created this extension for those who prefer the old behavior.
This extension can't restore backspace on certain special pages, for example any of the "chrome://" pages such as Settings or Extensions.
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Store average score3.2Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text
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Total ratings / reviews1,369Chrome Web Store public rating/review count
Store average score: 3.2. The bars below are calculated from synced review text only, so they may be empty for extensions that have public ratings but no synced comments yet.
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Hallalujah! I thought it was a problem with my laptop, so I have been raging for weeks. Now I find out its you. Please make more effort to make such changes known in the future.
Works just as it should and as it has been working for aaaaaaages! Stupid idea of Google to remove this function :(
Thank you so much! I really started missing the backspace functionality which I use all the time in navigating in Windows (file) explorer as well as Chrome. Now working consistent again.
1) Why the hell do I need an extension for a function that has been default for ages? 2) Ok, I can install it on my computers. What if I have to work on other people’s computers? 3) It doesn’t work if I browse html-files that are on my computer! Just make Backspace default again. Why should I suffer from dummies’ disabilities? You could offer a pop-up window with “You have filled in a form but not sent it. Leave this page or stay?” Actually, this function IS available in Chrome, so why the f* make another exhaustive function to protect unsent data????????
This has been so frustrating to lose the go back to last page with the Backspace... Thank you for bringing it back!
Does not work consistently.
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Google takes out basic functionality after 10 years of having it implemented. I guess it's too hard to add a checkbox and give us an option, right? It's actually unreal.
It should never have been removed. Glad Google gave it back, if in the form of an extension. Bottom line is that it's back. For those worried about the permissions, I'm not sure what the concern is all about. It's not a third-party extension. Google lives in Chrome and already has access to everything in the first place. You're not really granting them any more access than they already have. Be glad it's back and be glad that it's Google that gave it back not some other potentially snooping individual or company.
So much better if google just integrates this with chrome automatically...