Firefox disables function to go back with Backspace key

Mozilla disables the function in its Firefox browser to go back a page by pressing Backspace. Users can turn the feature back on. Mozilla suspects that many people accidentally used the feature.

The function is disabled by default from Firefox 86, according to the changelog on Bugzilla. That version should be released at the end of February; the stable version is now at version 84. Mozilla figures show that users use the Backspace key within the browser a total of 40 million times per month, far more than other shortcuts such as Ctrl-F for search or the shortcut for Forward.

Users who want to use the Backspace key to go back can set the browser to go back one page when the key is pressed in the browser’s about:config page under the name Backspace_Action. By default, there will be no function associated with the key. Other browsers have disabled the Backspace key feature a long time ago.