back button
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Back button hijacking is when a website interferes with a browser so the back button no longer takes users to the previous page, instead often keeping them on the site or presenting unsolicited ads.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Press the back button to return to the App info screen, then scroll up to Permissions to turn on microphone access if it isn’t selected already.
From The Verge • Jul. 26, 2022
Label the note and hit the back button.
From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021
The way that I listen when I’m truly enthralled by a particular piece of music certainly feels like a crush—picking up the tone arm, hitting the back button, refreshing the browser, over and over.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 26, 2018
In these cases, there is no link back to the footnote anchor, but the browser back button should be used.
From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph
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