How to get the previous URL in JavaScript?

Question

Is there any way to get the previous URL in JavaScript? Something like this:

alert(\"previous url is: \" + window.history.previous.href);

Answer 1

If you want to go to the previous page without knowing the url, you could use the new History api.

history.back(); //Go to the previous page
history.forward(); //Go to the next page in the stack
history.go(index); //Where index could be 1, -1, 56, etc.

But you can't manipulate the content of the history stack on browser that doesn't support the HTML5 History API

For more information see the doc