This extension will close your active tab when you hit back on the last history page.

Latest Version

Version
0.10
Update
July 16, 2020
Size
18.36KiB
Developer
Category
Users
871
Rating
4.63333 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
Background
WebNavigation
Tabs
Storage
*://*/*
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Close on Back Extension

Very useful when you open a tab but want to close in directly. This extension will also work with the extra history back buttons you might have on your mouse or with keyboard shortcuts.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Close on Back", "short_name": "CoB", "description": "This extension will close your active tab when you hit back on the last history page.", "version": "0.10", "icons": { "16": "images/icon16-active.png", "48": "images/icon48-active.png", "128": "images/icon128-active.png" }, "browser_action": { "default_title" : "Close on Back", "default_icon": { "16": "images/icon16-active.png", "24": "images/icon24-active.png", "32": "images/icon32-active.png", "48": "images/icon48-active.png" } }, "background" : { "scripts": ["background.js"], "persistent": true }, "permissions": [ "background", "webNavigation", "tabs", "storage", "*://*/*" ]}
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User reviews

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Makalo (ID: 00000099f24705a8) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 05/17/2023 not working with mouse so where is the back button lol? Click it literally? Whats the point?!

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Michael Adrian (ID: 0000000d33f5b2da) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 02/17/2023 Please make this work in Edge? I could not find one that works for Edge.

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Michael Johnson (ID: 0000000608194683) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/19/2023 This should be built-in web browsers!! Only regret is it won't work on tabs loading "forever" (spinning favicon) like direct hd .jpeg picture links and sometimes even reddit take +3s to load

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eunjun lee (ID: 000000e47bafbee4) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/03/2022 엉엉

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Alex D (ID: 000000651a74cc6b) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/28/2022 A simply indispensable addon. Thanks! EDIT: Does not work in Microsoft Edge, unfortunately.