Backspace to go Back icon

Backspace to go Back

by Razvan Caliman · Workflow & Planning
FeaturedManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Restores browser behavior of navigating to previous page when pressing the Backspace key.

Users
100K
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.0 / 5
−0.59 in 30 days
Ratings
560
−1 in 30 days
Store rank
#1,719
#1,503 among extensions
Version
1.1.2
updated 17 Jan 2023

Users

monthly, 3 years
30K65K100KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 100,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
100330561Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 560 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Backspace to go Back

This extension requires permissions to inject a piece of code in all of the pages you visit. If that freaks you out, that's ok. Handing over those permissions freaks me out too. You can choose to install this extension from source (it's very short) to make sure it's not doing anything malicious. See: https://github.com/oslego/chrome-backspace-back#from-source

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%0−0.59
30 days0+0.0%−1−0.59
6 months0+0.0%0−0.59
1 year0+0.0%+3−0.59

Version history

2 versions recorded
1.1.216 Jan 2023
1.1.117 Aug 2016

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
17 Aug 2016
Size
13 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Support
github.com
Extension ID
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Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 2, likelihood 0

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