How to make an HTML back link with JavaScript?

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Sometimes, we want to make an HTML back link with JavaScript.

In this article, we’ll look at how to make an HTML back link with JavaScript.

How to make an HTML back link with JavaScript?

To make an HTML back link with JavaScript, we call history.back when we click on the link.

For instance, we write

<a id="back-link">back</a>

to add a link.

Then we write

const element = document.getElementById("back-link");
element.onclick = (e) => {
  e.preventDefault();
  history.back();
};

to select the link with getElementById.

And then we set its onclick property to a function that calls preventDefault to stop the default link behavior.

Then we call history.back to go back to the previous page.

Conclusion

To make an HTML back link with JavaScript, we call history.back when we click on the link.

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