Is there any way I can get my Google Chrome to go back a page by pressing backspace?

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Something I seem to be missing is when I press backspace the page doesn't go back to the last page as it did in Windows, does anyone have any ways around this?

score 10 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 10 '10 at 18:17

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Workaround:

ALT+←

edited Oct 10 '10 at 18:17

dv3500ea

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answered Oct 10 '10 at 17:39

Yves Kurz

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score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 10 '10 at 17:43

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There is a Chrome extension to do this. Once installed you need to enable it in its options.

answered Oct 10 '10 at 17:43

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Please note that the extension requires quite extensive permissions. Clearly, since it has to navigate your history. A little paranoia has never hurt anyone :)
Advice to use arrow-workaround ALT+(Left|Right)Arrow
– lobner Apr 01 '14 at 02:59

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 10 '10 at 17:46

I don't know if there is a possibility to do that. But I have a workaround which works with every browsers on every platforms: you can use Alt+Left-Arrow to go back. Many applications that offers "navigation" have this shortcut also, so it is a worthy investment to try learning it :) So: Alt+Left-Arrow to go back Alt+Right-Arrow to go forward Very useful :)

Ward Muylaert · Answer 4 · 2011-06-06T08:42:20.427

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This isn't included by default in Chrome on Linux since this (as I have read somewhere) is "not the Linux way" of navigating. ALT+← or ALT+→ can be used for navigating through history.

edited Jun 06 '11 at 08:42

answered Oct 10 '10 at 20:28

Ward Muylaert

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I hate all this decisions like the disabling of "one click selects all" in the url bar – Pitto Jun 06 '11 at 08:51

Is there any way I can get my Google Chrome to go back a page by pressing backspace?

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