Backspace to go Back

Restores browser behavior of navigating to previous page when pressing the Backspace key.

What is Backspace to go Back?

'Backspace to Go Back' is a Chrome extension designed to reinstate the browser function of navigating back to the previous page when the Backspace key is pressed. This extension injects a small script into the pages you visit to enable this functionality. You can verify its safety and non-malicious nature by installing from its source code available on GitHub.

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By: Razvan Caliman

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 100,000+

Rating: 4.56 (553)

Version: 1.1.2 (Last updated: 2023-01-17)

Creation date: 2016-08-17

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Size: 13.74K

Email: ra*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 1994 ▼ 15

Other rankings

#6632 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 25

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Not available on Firefox

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Summary

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This extension requires permissions to inject a piece of code in all of the pages you visit. If that freaks you out, that's ok. Handing over those permissions freaks me out too.

You can choose to install this extension from source (it's very short) to make sure it's not doing anything malicious. See: https://github.com/oslego/chrome-backspace-back#from-source

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Saves time
Works as expected
Essential functionality for some users

Cons

Does not work on certain sites
Lacks ability to disable on certain sites
Recent issues with Chrome Remote Desktop

Most mentioned

Stopped working after Chrome update
Unable to disable on certain sites
Issues with Chrome Remote Desktop

Recent reviews

Doesn't work at all...

Matthias Weigel, 2024-03-20

Funguje výborně (aneb stejně, jako před tím, než Google přišel s touhle kravinou), takže i na myši mi opět funguje tlačítko zpět stejně, jako posledních 6 let.. Akorát na některých webech bych ocenil zakázání (potřebuji backspace pro jiné účely a v původním nativním řešení to fungovalo trošku jinak).