# 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:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/back-button-in-ios-pwa/93909/19 "2018-10-19T00:24:27Z")

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> [@Progressive Web Application (PWA)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/progressive-web-application-pwa/79217/25):
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> use shortcuts like a left swipe?

Left swipe to go back is disabled by Apple in this mode:

> [@Progressive Web Application (PWA)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/progressive-web-application-pwa/79217/21):
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> Anyway: this seems to be disabled in PWA fullscreen mode:

We didn’t design Discourse to be used without the browser back-button, so we disabled the feature for now, like Starbucks in the example above.

Android doesn’t have this problem because a back button is permanent in either the OS UI or in the form of a physical back button.

We are always happy to discuss and re-evaluate, but the situation is kinda messy in iOS.

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