What is Go Back With Backspace?

Go Back With Backspace is a Chrome extension developed by https://google.com, and its main feature is "Re-enables the backspace key as a back navigation button (except when writing text).".

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Extension Usage Instructions

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:
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* 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/.

Extension Basic Information

Name	Go Back With Backspace
ID	eekailopagacbcdloonjhbiecobagjci
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/go-back-with-backspace/eekailopagacbcdloonjhbiecobagjci
Description	Re-enables the backspace key as a back navigation button (except when writing text).
File Size	21.89 KB
Installation Count	382,609
Current Version	3.0
Last Updated	2023-11-21
Publish Date	2017-09-14
Rating	3.13/5 Total 1339 Ratings
Developer	https://google.com
Email	[email protected]
Payment Type	free
Privacy Policy Page URL	https://policies.google.com/privacy
Supported Languages	en
manifest.json
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