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%
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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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Doesn't work
My most frequently used extension by far! And when I had a question about the extension, I had an unbelievably quick response. Thank you!
バックスペースキーが効かないからバグかと思ったわ。こんなのインストールしないと使えないのは評価しません。
A mettre dans les options et pas en extension... bref
It works. Not ideally, but still comfortable.
This extension should'nt exist. Just go back to the previous behavior, or at least add an option to let us re-enable the shortcut...
구글의 삽질 리스트 1. 백스페이스 뒤로가기 기능 없앰 2. 이미지 검색할 때 이미지보기 버튼 없앰 3. 한국인 이름 검색하면 영문판으로 긁은 다음 다시 한국어 발음으로 읽음 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 예를 들어서 '오뚜기 창업자'라고 치면 '함태호'라고 뜨는 게 정상인데 '햄 타에 호'라고 뜸.
I didn't know for a long time that this was made by Google themselves. This gives me hope that Google really cares about its users.
Like many people here, I was angry with Google's change. But unlike most people here who gave it a 1-star rating out of anger, I was actually equipped with an average intelligence. I actually googled (irony intended) their reason for this change, and I realized it's a very valid reason. This change was made so people who was filling out forms don't accidentally lose everything when they press backspace thinking a form was selected. I've been there, I know the frustration. And unlike other companies, Google knows removing this feature is not something everybody wants, so they made this plugin for people who didn't ask for it. If anything, people should be grateful instead of voting this down like idiots. That is all
Google are often known for taking two steps forward (making their own phone OS) and one step backwards (copying Apple). Sadly, they went full-Apple on Chrome and removed this essential keyboard shortcut that laptop users rely on. Someone at Google knows what they were doing - thanks whoever it was who coded this extension.