How to get the previous page URL using JavaScript

Question

How do I get the URL of previous page in JavaScript   Say  I go from page A to B  and use browser back button to go back to page A   I ve tried to use history previous  but I m can t get it to work

User · Answer

You want in page A to know the URL of page B?

Or to know in page B the URL of page A?

In Page B: document.referrer if set. As already shown here: How to get the previous URL in JavaScript?

In page A you would need to read a cookie or local/sessionStorage you set in page B, assuming the same domains

User · Answer

You can use the following to get the previous URL   var oldURL   document referrer  alert oldURL

User · Answer

lt script type  text javascript  gt      document write document referrer    lt  script gt    document referrer serves your purpose  but it doesn t work for Internet Explorer versions earlier than IE9   It will work for other popular browsers  like Chrome  Mozilla  Opera  Safari etc

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