Previous Tab

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Status
Live on Store
Description from extension meta

Switch back to the previously active tab using the keyboard.

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Previous Tab
Description from store

Switch to the previously active tab (last tab) by pressing Ctrl+Q, or clicking the Previous Tab icon.

You can change the keyboard shortcut by visiting chrome://extensions/shortcuts .

Chrome does not allow any extensions to use Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+` as keyboard shortcuts.

The supported keys are Alt, Ctrl, Cmd along with:
A-Z, 0-9, Comma, Period, Home, End, PageUp, PageDown, Space, Insert, Delete, Arrow keys (Up, Down, Left, Right) and the Media Keys (MediaNextTrack, MediaPlayPause, MediaPrevTrack, MediaStop).

Donations are appreciated at donate.previoustab.com

Latest reviews

Robert Roßkopf 2025-09-18

Extremely helpful. It is so sad that for simple basic functions with enormous potential for making workflows easier are not implemented natively. Still sorrow for losing TabMixPlus in Firefox.

Bryan Hankey 2025-09-03

SO thankful that this exists!

Stefan Trifonov 2025-07-31

god bless you! on a mac, using steermouse, and redefined shortcut = perfection- hint: bind to the middle mouse wheel button if your mouse has one!

Jessy Kate Schingler 2025-07-10

it was a great minimum viable extension - just did one thing and did it well. stopped working recently on arc browser (chromium based).

Muhammad Saleh 2025-07-08

It is amazing , but recently it has stopped working , please fix it

Abin John 2025-06-17

One of my favourites. I always install this whenever I set up a Google Profile in a new machine.

Mitch Proulx 2025-05-01

Good extension - would be perfect if you allowed Ctrl + Tab

Vardhit Chandra 2025-04-28

been looking for this exact function

Lyubomir 2025-04-13

Such a little thing but so much useful!

Kamalesh P 2025-04-07

Thanks for making it free.

Kevin Hang 2025-03-29

PERFECT!!!

Mama Bear Haven 2025-03-07

Thank you so much for making this. As a long time Firefox user, the lack of this feature always kept me away from Chrome. It blows my mind Chrome has not added this functionality.

Adrian 2025-03-03

Works great! <3

Ajay Singh Thakurathi 2025-02-16

Convenient and simple to switch to previous visited tab.

Michael Iles 2025-01-28

Simple and works.

Yvan Joyce Carreon 2024-12-16

Amazing!! thank you!!

Valentin Varga 2024-12-04

Simply just perfect

Brett Attee 2024-11-26

I've wanted this feature for a long time ... this is a simple and perfect solution!

Larry Mb7C 2024-11-19

So simple and so indispensable. I use it ALL the time, especially filling out a form and looking up the info in another tab. I had to create another Chrome user which no longer had this extension and then I realized how much I need it.

* 2024-11-16

One of the things that divides browsing experience into before and after.

Wayne Point 2024-11-14

GOAT of tab plugins, huge timesaver.

Devon Mizar 2024-10-22

Amazing extension that should be a default feature. It is fantastic when looking things up, or inputting data.

Edward 2024-09-19

I have been loving this extension, but recently it has stopped working for me

Marko Avramovic 2024-09-15

I've been using this for years. Time to say, thank you! :)

Aleksandr Ivin 2024-08-22

Thank you!

Andriy Lytvyn 2024-07-26

Works great. But sometimes when I press cmd + A, it also switches to previous tab for some reason. Any ideas how to fix it?

Deathrape2001 2024-07-17

$CAM!! Does NOTHING = not even a configuration window =P

Martino Playa 2024-05-21

It works perfectly! I recall using a similar extension with the same functionality before it broke. I had also set Ctrl + Q as a shortcut.

M P 2024-05-02

Doesn't seem to work at all in Kiwi Browser for Android. No affect whatsover.

marko avramovic 2024-03-25

Works perfect!

Dylan 2024-03-12

Good job, but chrome recently released the tab group. The current tab switching does not support tab switching within a group.

FamKis 2024-03-02

Awesome! I have been looking for something like this for years.

Rok Pergarec 2024-03-01

Not working with "saved group tabs" feature. Otherwise great utility extension

Ivan Ari Di Paolo 2024-02-27

Not working on the new update of grouped tabs with save groups active.

Michele Wonder 2024-02-22

Totally love this extension and simply can't work without it. Found an issue with recent Chrome Updates. Stops working when using Google Chrome Tab Groups that are saved. If I don't save the tab group I can Previous Tab per my keyboard shortcut, however the second I turn on Save Tab Group it stops working.

Hussein Alkahli 2024-02-08

Thanks , your are smarter then google chrome devs

techy 2024-02-03

perfect for my worklow. easy toggle between 2 tabs

Miika Ampe 2024-01-16

Works as expected, fast, easy, just like a setting was switched in chrome. Bob Dylan reviewed saying, "It seems it no longer switches between tabs if they're in different tab groups." I just tested and it does switch between tab groups, and between one tab group and a tab outside of a group. Since they said it "stopped working" I can't say for sure it'll stay but for me, at least so far, it works perfectly! Suggestion: It would be great if there were a function where we could press another button to switch to the third-last-used tab and the ones before it, possibly using the 3 button then 4 button and so on, or just one to keep switching backwards in history.

Nick Thompson 2024-01-04

A needed function. Works just as expected. Thank you to the developers for making this.

Bob Dolan 2023-12-05

This used to work great, but it stopped working. It seems it no longer switches between tabs if they're in different tab groups. Anyone else finding that?

Chris Paton 2023-10-03

Couldn't use Chrome (or Edge) without this. Does one thing, does it well.

Chris Paton 2023-10-03

Couldn't use Chrome (or Edge) without this. Does one thing, does it well.

Adriano Silveira 2023-08-29

Super simple but we can't change the shortcut, if the users prefer with CTRL + TAB? It is default for Firefox and other browser as opera.

Adriano Silveira 2023-08-29

Super simple but we can't change the shortcut, if the users prefer with CTRL + TAB? It is default for Firefox and other browser as opera.

Core Jel 2023-08-16

Very Good.

Core Jel 2023-08-16

Very Good.

Goran Angelkovski 2023-08-05

This is very useful extension but unfortunately doesn't work when you have two separate Chrome windows... Seems like it works within one instance of Chrome and doesn't remember the "previous" tab in the other browser instance... I hope this can be fixed.

Goran Angelkovski 2023-08-05

This is very useful extension but unfortunately doesn't work when you have two separate Chrome windows... Seems like it works within one instance of Chrome and doesn't remember the "previous" tab in the other browser instance... I hope this can be fixed.

Renato Gyuris 2023-06-27

No permissions, free. Thank you!

Renato Gyuris 2023-06-27

No permissions, free. Thank you!

Statistics

Installs
20,000
Market
Chrome Web Store
Rating
4.76 (131 votes)
Last update
2024-07-11
Version 1.2.0
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