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  • History interface 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

    js
    back()

    Parameters

    None.

    Return value

    None (undefined).

    Exceptions

    SecurityError DOMException

    Thrown if the associated document is not fully active. Browsers also throttle navigations and may throw this error, generate a warning, or ignore the call if it's called too frequently.

    Examples

    The following short example causes a button on the page to navigate back one entry in the session history.

    HTML

    html
    <button id="go-back">Go back!</button>

    JavaScript

    js
    document.getElementById("go-back").addEventListener("click", () => {
  history.back();
});

    Specifications

    Specification
    HTML
    # dom-history-back-dev

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    See also