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Go Back With Backspace icon

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
7-day growth0Net users gained this week
7-day growth rate0%Relative weekly velocity
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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
Synced text average2.8Average computed only from synced review bodies below
Reviews with text841Synced review bodies
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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yongkang ma2016年8月22日
5

据报道说谷歌的这一改变是很明智的,为什么我没有早点来下载这一扩展,因为我不知道啊

Language zh
0 helpful · 1 not helpful
Thomas Brouckaert2016年8月22日
5

I finally have my backbutton back!

Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Matthew W. Kirlin2016年8月22日
1

That this is even a thing is patently ridiculous. It is without a doubt the most one step forward, two steps back feature I've ever encountered and to require an extension rather than say, a simple check box in settings for what is a key feature in the use of every web browser since the concept of a go back button came into being, is just as bad. Please in the future refrain from having an automatic update alter something like this. All it does is make me and other consumers like me more hesitant to update in the first place for fear of losing our current settings.

Language en
25 helpful · 7 not helpful
Rob Valk2016年8月22日
1

1 star for the absurdity of needing this extention. Works fine, but this basic functionality should be at least an OPTION.

Language en
13 helpful · 3 not helpful
Jean-François Geyelin2016年8月22日
5

Thank you!

Language en
1 helpful · 1 not helpful
Daeyeob Kim2016年8月22日
1

백스페이스 살려내요!!

Language ko
1 helpful · 2 not helpful
J-P Chiasson2016年8月22日
5

People who rate this lowly are not helping anyone. The extension does exactly what it implies, and is an official solution offered by Google. It should be a default option, but rating an extension poorly because you are disappointed in a company's decision will not make matters better.

Language en
2 helpful · 7 not helpful
saki kawa2016年8月22日
1

文字入力中にBackSpaceキーが効かなくなることがある。 おそらくニコニコのようにFLASHを使っている部分だとそうなる。

Language ja
1 helpful · 1 not helpful
Alban Zekthi2016年8月22日
3

I don't mind the removing of the feature by default. I'm rating this 3 stars because this extension is causing me to go back when trying to use the Backspace key in Flash text boxes. This should not be happening, using Backspace when in any kind of text box should not be affecting anything to do with the browser. Disabling until that's fixed.

Language en
1 helpful · 2 not helpful
이용동2016年8月22日
1

Just turn it back.

Language en
1 helpful · 2 not helpful