# Back button in iOS PWA

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/back-button-in-ios-pwa/93909
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 4, 2018, 10:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/back-button-in-ios-pwa/93909 "2018-08-04T10:59:38Z")
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### Author: ![rstockm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rstockm/32/66023_2.png) [@rstockm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rstockm)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/back-button-in-ios-pwa/93909/14 "2018-08-30T22:10:14Z")

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> [@Progressive Web Application (PWA)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/progressive-web-application-pwa/79217/20):
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> It is a built in mobile safari feature, I use it all the time.

Heavens. It works! You have to catch the outermost left side - in a “regular” iOS App you may grab anywhere on the screen to swipe.  
Anyway: this seems to be disabled in PWA fullscreen mode:

> **[No back gesture on PWA iOS 11.3 | Apple Developer Forums](https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/99579)**

dammit.

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