History: back() method

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.

Syntax

back()

None.

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>

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