The History.back() method causes the browser to move back one page in the session history.
It has the same effect as calling history.go(-1). If there is no previous page, this method call does nothing.
This method is asynchronous. Add a listener for the popstate event in order to determine when the navigation has completed.
js
back()
None.
None (undefined).
The following short example causes a button on the page to navigate back one entry in the session history.
html
<button id="go-back">Go back!</button>
js
document.getElementById("go-back").addEventListener("click", () => { history.back(); });
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-history-back-dev |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
back |
1 | 12 | 1 | 10 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History/back