Go Back With Backspace icon

Go Back With Backspace

by Google Ireland, Ltd. · google.com · Functionality & UI
FeaturedEstablished publisherBy GoogleManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Re-enables the backspace key as a back navigation button (except when writing text).

Users
300K
0 in 30 days
Rating
3.9 / 5
+0.69 in 30 days
Ratings
1,369
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#921
#841 among extensions
Version
3.0
updated 21 Nov 2023

Users

monthly, 3 years
100K200K300KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 300,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
4008851,370Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 1,369 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 Go Back With Backspace

Go back with the backspace button! This extension re-enables the backspace key as a back navigation button -- except if you're writing text. What's New in 3.0: ================== * Updated to Manifest V3. Before Chrome 52, the backspace key navigated back (if you weren't writing text). Many people lost their progress while working online by accidentally pressing backspace and leaving a page -- so we removed the feature from Chrome, and created this extension for those who prefer the old behavior. This extension can't restore backspace on certain special pages, for example any of the "chrome://" pages such as Settings or Extensions. About the requested permissions: "Read and modify all your data": In order to capture backspace on every page, the extension needs to install a little piece of code on each one. It does nothing else with the page, its information, or your typing. "Manage your apps, extensions, and themes": This lets the extension detect when it has been re-enabled and install its code into tabs that are already open then. The extension's source code can be viewed at https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/extensions-by-google/+/master/go-back-with-backspace/ By installing this item, you agree to the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%0+0.69
30 days0+0.0%0+0.69
6 months0+0.0%0+0.69
1 year0+0.0%+8+0.70

Version history

2 versions recorded
3.015 Nov 2023
2.114 Sep 2017

Details

Category
Functionality & UI
First seen
14 Sep 2017
Size
22 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
policies.google.com
Extension ID
eekailopagacbcdloonjhbiecobagjci

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 3, likelihood 0
Permissions
managementscriptingstoragetabs
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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