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I want to get url of previous page. I found a lot of answers but I couldn't find anything which works with back button of browser. I used document.referrer but it also doesn't work for back button. Can anyone help me??

ishakya
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  • See the history API. – Barmar Jan 19 '15 at 12:02
  • i have same issue, i used local storage (or you can use cookie as well) to store previous url. localStorage.setItem("previourUrl", window.location.href); and get url of previous page by localStorage.getItem("previourUrl"); Hope it will help someone :) – Devesh Chauhan Nov 22 '16 at 11:49

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Use the following in javascript snipet

document.referrer;

if you are implementing back button use this

<a href="javascript: history.go(-1)">Back</a>
Shashidhar Patil
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  • Back This link will redirect me to previous page whereas I need url of previuos page when browser back button is clicked. – ishakya Jan 21 '15 at 05:35
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you can use document.referrer.

in your javascript file, just simply add

window.location = document.referrer;
Alongkorn
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