Bspace - Backspace to go Back

Name: Bspace - Backspace to go Back
Rating: 5 (4003 reviews)
Author: Bspace Backspace

Bring Back Old-School Shortcuts with Bspace: Back with Backspace, Forward with Shift + Backspace

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Bspace is a Chrome extension that revives classic browsing shortcuts by enabling the Backspace key to navigate back and Shift + Backspace to move forward. It ensures seamless browsing by intelligently disabling these shortcuts when typing in text fields, preventing interference. Users can customize their experience further by blocking specific domains from this behavior through a domain blocklist feature.

Designed with careful research and comparison against similar extensions, Bspace delivers a superior and nostalgic navigation experience. Perfect for users who miss old-school keyboard shortcuts, Bspace enhances browser usability by combining functionality with smart controls.

Add-on Productivity Utilities

By:

Bspace Backspace

Users:

4,478 51

Rating:

5.00

(4,003) 15 new ratings

Version:

1.0.2 Last updated: 2023-11-28

Creation date:

2023-10-31

Risk:

Permissions:

activeTab
alarms
declarativeNetRequest
scripting
storage
tabs

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size:

309.20KB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Edge Add-on Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-09

Ranking

# 2,540 ▲ 32

Other rankings

#767 in Productivity ▲ 6

#7 in field keyword 22

#7 in shift keyword 22

#8 in school keyword 31 ▼ 1

#11 in navigation keyword 19

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Bspace Backspace To Go Back (v1.0.2)

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Risk impact

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Bspace - Backspace to go Back requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Bspace - Backspace to go Back has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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