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Is there a keyboard shortcut for "Back" in Chromium browser? I thought the Backspace key usually works, but it doesn't. On Ubuntu 11.10.

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  • Does Alt+right arrow work?
    – Norbert Willhelm
    Commented Oct 17, 2011 at 9:05
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    No, but Alt+left arrow does! ;)
    – wim
    Commented Oct 17, 2011 at 9:32
  • @Norbert, Wim: One of you should put that as an answer.
    – RedGrittyBrick
    Commented Oct 17, 2011 at 9:34
  • I was not sure about that since I use Google Chrome on Windows.
    – Norbert Willhelm
    Commented Oct 17, 2011 at 9:46
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    There is a chromium extension for enabling the backspace key: askubuntu.com/a/347849/250556
    – ThorSummoner
    Commented Apr 22, 2014 at 18:39

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You can use Alt+left as keyboard shortcut for "Back".

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    And alt+right for forward
    – Benjamin Crouzier
    Commented Mar 8, 2013 at 9:57
  • Might only work with the left Alt key.
    – MikeTwo
    Commented Feb 16, 2018 at 5:31
  • works with both the Alt keys :)
    – Prakash Vishwakarma
    Commented Oct 11, 2019 at 9:27
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In Ubuntu 11.10 Alt+Right turns up volume and Alt+Left turns it down and this is the default accounting to the shortcut menu. It would have to be custom made by either overriding those shortcuts or making your own.

Personally I feel the backspace when cursor is not in an editable text field would be a better option to go back.

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  • Did you mean to put left twice?
    – Lee Taylor
    Commented Dec 25, 2012 at 23:07

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