Backspace for Navigation

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Description from extension meta

Activate Backspace shortcuts to navigate in history object

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The original extension to bring back the Backspace key shortcut as navigation for history.back() (backspace) and history.forward() (shift+backspace). Supports blacklisting of pages, recognizes input fields and works on Linux, OSX and Windows.

Version 3.2.0 integrates the missing migration of exceptions from versions <3.x.x

Latest reviews

guaac 2025-10-27: This extension prevents Chrome Remote Control from ending with the Backspace key. Add "remotedesktop.google.com" to app settings.
Александр Корнышев 2019-01-02: Иногда из-за приложения яндекс браузер полностью загружает одно из ядер процессора, из-за чего процессор сильно греется, а комп тормозит. Такое поведение преждевременно сожгёт вам процессор, будьте аккуратнее.
Geoff Goas 2018-10-25: This has been working great for me up until Chrome 69. Now the extension randomly causes 100% CPU usage. Is the developer active?
Geoff Goas 2018-10-25: This has been working great for me up until Chrome 69. Now the extension randomly causes 100% CPU usage. Is the developer active?
Jaime Garcia 2018-09-18: Mysterious high cpu usage, possible crypto miner
Jaime Garcia 2018-09-18: Mysterious high cpu usage, possible crypto miner
Irina Svetlowa 2016-11-07: Hi, I am interested in acquiring your extension "Backspace for Chrome". Please contact me at: [email protected]
Irina Svetlowa 2016-11-07: Hi, I am interested in acquiring your extension "Backspace for Chrome". Please contact me at: [email protected]
R K 2016-09-17: Of ALL the Chrome extensions out there to restore backspace functionality, this is the only one I found with the ability to work around unwanted "go back" behavior occurring in Flash applets. You can use the "Exclude list" feature to blacklist those websites from the "backspace to go back" behavior.
R K 2016-09-17: Of ALL the Chrome extensions out there to restore backspace functionality, this is the only one I found with the ability to work around unwanted "go back" behavior occurring in Flash applets. You can use the "Exclude list" feature to blacklist those websites from the "backspace to go back" behavior.
David Ward 2016-09-06: This DID work in Windows for everyone who says it doesn't. Had this working on Win 8 quite happily until recently. Assume a Chrome update has hobbled it now.
David Ward 2016-09-06: This DID work in Windows for everyone who says it doesn't. Had this working on Win 8 quite happily until recently. Assume a Chrome update has hobbled it now.
Alex Morais 2016-08-02: No me puedo creer que me haga falta esta extensión...
僊逸醉（Feng） 2016-08-01: does not work on some sites but better than nothing
僊逸醉（Feng） 2016-08-01: does not work on some sites but better than nothing
Michael Barber 2016-08-01: This will work till the Chrome dev's come to their senses and add this option to the app natively.
Michael Barber 2016-08-01: This will work till the Chrome dev's come to their senses and add this option to the app natively.
willde Oscar 2016-07-12: no use
willde Oscar 2016-07-12: no use
Michael Richardson 2016-06-14: Doesn't work on Windows, but I'm giving it 5 stars to show my support in the hopes that the Chrome team will come to their senses and either bring this functionality back, make it an option or that someone will create an extension that will correct their mistake (by my opinion).
Michael Richardson 2016-06-14: Doesn't work on Windows, but I'm giving it 5 stars to show my support in the hopes that the Chrome team will come to their senses and either bring this functionality back, make it an option or that someone will create an extension that will correct their mistake (by my opinion).
Etienne Levesque Guitard 2016-06-04: It doesn't work on Windows. Only OS X and Linux.
Etienne Levesque Guitard 2016-06-04: It doesn't work on Windows. Only OS X and Linux.
Evgeniy R 2016-03-02: What's up? It's not working after last update!
Evgeniy R 2016-03-02: What's up? It's not working after last update!
Alex Georgiev 2014-03-16: Cool, but not working for file system files.
Alex Georgiev 2014-03-16: Cool, but not working for file system files.
Nikola Nikolov 2014-02-26: Excellent - does exactly what it's supposed to. It can be very frustrating to have to use the mouse to click the back button when you're mostly using the keyboard... It is a bit uncomfortable when you sync between Windows and Linux, but I can get over it.
Nikola Nikolov 2014-02-26: Excellent - does exactly what it's supposed to. It can be very frustrating to have to use the mouse to click the back button when you're mostly using the keyboard... It is a bit uncomfortable when you sync between Windows and Linux, but I can get over it.
Monish Overlander 2014-01-20: Should not navigate to previous page when attempting to delete text within an input element. Please fix.
Monish Overlander 2014-01-20: Should not navigate to previous page when attempting to delete text within an input element. Please fix.
Aaron Anderson 2014-01-09: It works well enough, but has a bug where backspacing a mistake in certain text fields (often form data, such as shipping addresses) causes navigation away from the page instead of the intended behavior of erasing the mistake.
Aaron Anderson 2014-01-09: It works well enough, but has a bug where backspacing a mistake in certain text fields (often form data, such as shipping addresses) causes navigation away from the page instead of the intended behavior of erasing the mistake.
Halil Velasco 2014-01-08: Hace lo que dice y ya, me alegra por fin poder regresar con el teclado
Krissy Brannan 2013-12-13: It hasn't worked on a single page.
Krissy Brannan 2013-12-13: It hasn't worked on a single page.
john nguyen 2013-10-26: FINALLY!!! perfect, you know how you get lazy sometimes and want to just use one hand...my pinky loves the backspace button
john nguyen 2013-10-26: FINALLY!!! perfect, you know how you get lazy sometimes and want to just use one hand...my pinky loves the backspace button
Erwin Baeyens 2013-10-06: The only remark I can make is that this add-on should be unneeded as this is functionality that belongs in the browser.
Erwin Baeyens 2013-10-06: The only remark I can make is that this add-on should be unneeded as this is functionality that belongs in the browser.
Jason Lewis 2013-09-14: Great idea - solves the problem but if you use Chrome's ability to sync plugins between your various machines, it breaks backspace functionality in chrome on Windows.
Jason Lewis 2013-09-14: Great idea - solves the problem but if you use Chrome's ability to sync plugins between your various machines, it breaks backspace functionality in chrome on Windows.
Jonathan Miller 2013-08-20: It doesn't work on Facebook at all, as far as I can tell.
Jonathan Miller 2013-08-20: It doesn't work on Facebook at all, as far as I can tell.
Daniel Husman 2013-08-02: Doesn't work on Ubuntu 13.4
Daniel Husman 2013-08-02: Doesn't work on Ubuntu 13.4
Jesse Hu 2013-07-22: Works for most pages - breaks on many.
Jesse Hu 2013-07-22: Works for most pages - breaks on many.
Anonymous 2013-07-05: thanks you saved me some coding.
Philippe Proulx 2013-07-03: So nice to have this feature back on Linux!

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