Best alternatives to Enable Backspace (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Enable Backspace, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Enable Backspace alternatives, compared
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Go Back With Backspace
Re-enables the backspace key as a back navigation button (except when writing text).
≈300K users3.9★ from 1.4K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years5 permissions- About 75× more users than Enable Backspace
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 1)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
- 2
BackNav Backspace
Reactivate Backspace Shortcut for Page Navigation with BackNav
≈10K users5.0★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago4 permissions- About 2.5× more users than Enable Backspace
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
- Listed under Accessibility
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Backspace to go Back
Restores browser behavior of navigating to previous page when pressing the Backspace key.
≈100K users4.0★ from 560 ratingsNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- About 25× more users than Enable Backspace
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Backspace for Navigation
Activate Backspace shortcuts to navigate in history object
≈3K users4.0★ from 129 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- A similar number of users to Enable Backspace
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
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Backspace for Back Button
Navigate back with Backspace and forward with Shift+Backspace when your cursor isn’t in a text field.
≈1K users5.0★ from 1 ratingNo special permissions- About 4.0× fewer users than Enable Backspace
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
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Bspace Backspace To Go Back
Bring Back Old-School Shortcuts with Bspace: Back with Backspace, Forward with Shift + Backspace
≈10K users5.0★ from 1 ratingUpdated 21 months ago6 permissions- About 2.5× more users than Enable Backspace
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 1)
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Leftside Back
Allows you to navigate back by just hitting the mouse on the left or right side of your screen.
998 users4.5★ from 20 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years3 permissions- About 4.0× fewer users than Enable Backspace
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Pumpkin's Right Click Enable
It allows you to right-click and drag the mouse, and makes it easy to turn the javascript off and on.
≈30K users4.5★ from 68 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years6 permissions- About 7.5× more users than Enable Backspace
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 1)
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No Swipe - Disable Swipe
Disable trackpad two fingers navigation.
≈3K users4.5★ from 21 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago5 permissions- A similar number of users to Enable Backspace
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 1)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
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swipe-back
Go back to previous page by swiping left with two fingers on a trackpad.
≈2K users4.4★ from 30 ratingsNot updated for 4+ yearsNo special permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Enable Backspace
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 1)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
Enable Backspace alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Enable Backspace?
By users, the most popular alternative is Go Back With Backspace with ≈300K users and a 3.9-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Go Back With Backspace.
Which Enable Backspace alternative has the best rating?
Pumpkin's Right Click Enable has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 68 ratings.
Is there a Enable Backspace alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Backspace to go Back asks for 0 permissions, against 1 for Enable Backspace.
How many alternatives to Enable Backspace are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Enable Backspace on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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