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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
Published
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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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Ash G2016年8月20日
1

Why the heck Google removed and even after that didn't made it a flag.

Language en
4 helpful · 3 not helpful
Johnny R2016年8月20日
5

works as advertised. thanks google!

Language en
2 helpful · 1 not helpful
Randy Jones2016年8月20日
1

I do not run any goddamn extensions. Fix this Google!! I still am in amazement this was removed. will be un-installing the extension as soon as i post, and heading, begrudgingly, back over to Edge.

Language en
3 helpful · 7 not helpful
Frank Schröder2016年8月20日
5

Well, it works, but this app fixes something that shouldn't be broken in the first place.

Language en
5 helpful · 2 not helpful
Fred Deschênes2016年8月20日
1

Works fine (after restarting the browser), but sad that we even need an extension for this...

Language en
3 helpful · 2 not helpful
Kayleigh Potter2016年8月20日
5

Thank you!! I thought my keyboard was dying....

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1 helpful · 1 not helpful
Aleksey Melnick2016年8月20日
5

Thank you so much!

Language en
1 helpful · 1 not helpful
Stefan S2016年8月20日
1

Dämlich!!! Warum muss man das ändern? Bringt doch eine Erweiterung für die Leute, die Probleme mit der "Backspace-Taste haben, heraus"... Die ganzen Add-Ons machen den Browser auch nicht schneller!!! Da kann ich auch bald wieder zurück zu Firefox! Typisch... Ein paar Leute jammern und Alle müssen wieder drunter leiden...

Language de
11 helpful · 6 not helpful
Erik Warmerdam2016年8月20日
5

doing the lords work here by re-enabeling the backspace feature

Language en
Martin Feng2016年8月20日
1

Whut are you doing getting rid of this function and then requiring an add on to re-enable? At least it seems to work so far.

Language en
8 helpful · 3 not helpful