History: back() method

The back() method of the 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

back()

None.

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.

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();
});