# Why can't I back out of Search?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-back-out-of-search/42649>\
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**Created:** [November 25, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-back-out-of-search/42649 "2000-11-25T16:00:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-back-out-of-search/42649/1 "2000-11-25T16:00:08Z")

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Clumsily worded OP, sorry.

But I can’t. Back out. Every time I use the Search feature, I have to reload to get back to the main Board. The Back button just keeps pulling up the page that I found in the Search.

Is that the way it’s supposed to work? Or am I doing something wrong?

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**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-back-out-of-search/42649/2 "2000-11-25T16:05:06Z")

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Hit “Back” twice quickly to get back to the page where you started the search.

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**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-back-out-of-search/42649/3 "2000-11-25T16:05:12Z")

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go back two pages. If you just hit the ‘back’ button you’ll get the loading page for the same search you just did and big surprise, the same results. Try hitting “back” twice. or go to the ‘arrow’ where you can see the last few pages. or at least that’s what I end up having to do.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-back-out-of-search/42649/4 "2000-11-25T16:36:56Z")

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You can use the History instead of the back button. In Netscape the history drops down with the back button or URL window history button.

Hey, next time put your mouse on the search button, right click, select ‘open in new window’ then you still have the old window open. spiffy.

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2000, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-back-out-of-search/42649/5 "2000-11-25T19:33:00Z")

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Thanks! Two clicks, not one, I’ll see if that works.

Handy, I didn’t know about the right-click option. I’ll try that too. Cool.

I need to stop being so afraid of breaking something and experiment a bit more. With the computer, I mean.