Go back action

The Go back action returns to a web page previously visited in the current tab. This action simulates clicking the browser Back option.

Settings

Note: This action supports Google Chrome, Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer browsers.
  • Select the browser tab from the list of active supported browser tabs or insert a window variable.
    Note: When you select the Internet Explorer tab from the list of active tabs, and if the selected tab title or any intermediate tab title while performing the Go back action has more than 60 characters, then the first 60 characters are used for comparison to find the matching tab title.
    Recommendation: When you perform the action on the browser tab, ensure that only a single tab is open in the browser window with the matching tab title. This setting ensures that when the action is executed, there is no intermediate tab title that matches another tab title in the same window.
  • In the Number of steps back field, enter the number of pages to go back to.
  • Optional: Select the Throw an error if steps exceed history option so that the bot will fail if the number entered in the previous step is greater than the number of pages visited.

    If this option is not selected, when the bot runs, it will return the tab to the first web page it opened.

  • Optional: In the Time out after field, enter the number of seconds the bot must wait for the browser action to complete.
    Recommended: Enter a timeout value of at least 9 seconds.