Title: Back button disappears
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Back button disappears

 *  [strofe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/strofe/)
 * (@strofe)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/back-button-disappears/)
 * I have used a command for adding Back Buttons to my webpages. It functions good
   until I’m going back for making corrections to my text – then it changes into
   something that doesn’t work.
 * I have tried several other options for Back Button commands also, from suggestions
   in this forum, but none of them work. I have 2,000 webpages and are making corrections
   every day. It goes without saying that I’m tired of having to go into the Text
   Modus for removing the not functioning command and add the right one every time
   I’m doing corrections to the texts – it’s double work.
 * Could anyone please give me a solution for a Back Button that works?

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 *  [mirgcire](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mirgcire/)
 * (@mirgcire)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/back-button-disappears/#post-7003060)
 * Hi strofe, I searched “how to implement back button in javascript” and found 
   this [suggestion in w3schools](http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_his_back.asp),
   which is a very reliable site.
 * I haven’t tried it, but it looks like exactly what you need with the minimum 
   amount of code. If this suggestion is something you have tried before, maybe 
   you can try summarizing what has and hasn’t worked.
 * BTW this is a general web development question, not really a wordpress issue.
   You will have more success getting this type of question is more appropriate 
   on the stackoverflow.com website.
 *  Thread Starter [strofe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/strofe/)
 * (@strofe)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/back-button-disappears/#post-7003067)
 * Thank you. No, that command doesn’t work either. I had tried it before:
 *     ```
       <button onclick="goBack()">Go Back</button>
   
       <script>
        function goBack() {
            window.history.back();
        }
       </script>
       ```
   
 * These are the other commands I have tried, but which don’t work:
 * `<a href="javascript:history.go(-1)">←Back</a>`
 * `href="javascript:javascript:history.go(-1)">←Back</a>`
 * `<a href="javascript:history.go(-1)" onMouseOver="self.status=document.referrer;
   return true">Go Back</a>`
 *     ```
       <input type="button" value="Previous Page" onclick="goBack()">
   
       <script>
       function goBack() {
       window.history.back()
       }
       </script>
       ```
   
 *  [Jon (Kenshino)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kenshino/)
 * (@kenshino)
 * Lord Jon
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/back-button-disappears/#post-7003153)
 * Why do you want a back command?
 * Explain your purpose so we can help you matter.
 * From what I’m understanding at what you’re actually doing, generally inserting
   Javascript into the editor is a bad choice.
 *  Thread Starter [strofe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/strofe/)
 * (@strofe)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/back-button-disappears/#post-7003154)
 * I have a website consisting of 2000 pages and want a “back” command for going
   back to a recently visited page on that website. I thought that was a very common
   feature of a lot of websites that have more than one page.
 * It seems like Javascript is a bad choice, yes. At least, the Javascript command
   I’m using doesn’t work.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/back-button-disappears/#post-7003154)
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