# Where did the ‘back’ button go?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-back-button-go/852689>\
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**Created:** [April 27, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-back-button-go/852689 "2020-04-27T20:28:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-back-button-go/852689/1 "2020-04-27T20:28:46Z")

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Seriously. Is it just me?

It’s just gone.

What’s up with that?

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**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-back-button-go/852689/2 "2020-04-27T20:35:20Z")

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_looks up at the top of the screen_

Yep, mine’s still there.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-back-button-go/852689/3 "2020-04-27T20:45:14Z")

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Just you, as far as I can see.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-back-button-go/852689/4 "2020-04-27T20:58:06Z")

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My screen has changed as well. On 2 devices. I havn’t checked the iPad yet.  
I didn’t change any settings that I know of. I’m investigating.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-back-button-go/852689/5 "2020-04-27T21:00:16Z")

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Do you have a “left-pointing arrow”?

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-back-button-go/852689/6 "2020-04-27T21:18:04Z")

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Do you mean the back button in your browser? Mine’s still there.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-back-button-go/852689/7 "2020-04-27T21:51:43Z")

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I’m back to normal. Weird.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-back-button-go/852689/8 "2020-04-27T23:12:05Z")

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What browser and OS?

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-back-button-go/852689/9 "2020-04-28T03:54:49Z")

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Never mind, it seems to have self corrected somehow. It was only this site, I checked a few others, and over about twenty minutes. Wandered off, and by the time I returned it was right again.

Shrug.