iOS how to simple return back to previous presented/pushed view controller programmatically?

Question

How to return back to previous view controller programmatically? I found this answer, but there is an example that demonstrate how to go back if we have navigation stack:

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Answer 1

Best answer is this: _ = navigationController?.popViewController(animated: true)

Taken from here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/28761084/2173368