---
title: "Backspace for Navigation – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "3,000 users, rated 4.00 by 129 people. Version 3.2.0, updated 2024-07-22. Requests 2 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aeffggjddcchloadflonilaahpclmbnm"
---

# Backspace for Navigation

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 3,000
- Rating: 4.00 from 129 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-07 15:59 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #12,533 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Functionality & UI: #401 of 11,702

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Activate Backspace shortcuts to navigate in history object

- Extension ID: `aeffggjddcchloadflonilaahpclmbnm`
- Developer: [Chris Engelbert](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u1bf1b81383269057a6eac8fcf2963b68)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Functionality & UI](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/functionality)
- First published: 2010-03-12
- Last updated: 2024-07-22
- Version: `3.2.0`
- Size: 58.2 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `https://www.simplyblock.io/`
- Support page: `https://github.com/noctarius/chromebackspaceonlinux/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/backspace-for-navigation/aeffggjddcchloadflonilaahpclmbnm>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/aeffggjddcchloadflonilaahpclmbnm>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22aeffggjddcchloadflonilaahpclmbnm%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-07 | 3,000 | 4.00 | 129 |
| 2026-11-01 | 3,000 | 4.00 | 129 |
| 2026-10-25 | 3,000 | 4.00 | 129 |
| 2026-10-17 | 3,000 | 4.00 | 129 |
| 2026-10-11 | 3,000 | 4.30 | 129 |
| 2026-10-03 | 3,000 | 4.30 | 129 |
| 2026-09-26 | 3,000 | 4.30 | 129 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `file:///*`: Files on your computer
- `ftp://*/*`: Every website
- `http://*/*`: Every website
- `https://*/*`: Every website

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-07 15:59 UTC; next check around 2026-11-14.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Backspace for Navigation” (aeffggjddcchloadflonilaahpclmbnm). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-07. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aeffggjddcchloadflonilaahpclmbnm. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_aeffggjddcchloadflonilaahpclmbnm,
  title   = {Backspace for Navigation (aeffggjddcchloadflonilaahpclmbnm)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-07},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aeffggjddcchloadflonilaahpclmbnm},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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