How to get previous URL after navigating to another page

Question

I have implemented a previous button on my page, which navigates me back to the previous page.

i.e, Page A -> Page B (has previous button) How Can I find the link of Page A so that it will take me back to Page A using javascript/jQuery

I tried this link

How to get the previous URL in JavaScript?

I used this history.back() but that works with onclick

How to get href.

Is there a specific reason you need an `href` value? Please specify a case where `onclick()` is unsuitable. — Ajit Panigrahi, May 25 '19 at 11:59
Possible duplicate of [How to get the previous URL in JavaScript?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3528324/how-to-get-the-previous-url-in-javascript) — GJCode, May 25 '19 at 12:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 25 '19 at 12:04

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Use document.referrer:

console.log(document.referrer);
/* The above logs this page because Stack Snippets are run on stacksnippets.net,
   and therefore your browser went there from this page 
   (because you're running the code here).
*/

answered May 25 '19 at 12:04

Jack Bashford

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