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The History Object

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History Object

The history object contains the URLs visited by the user (within a browser window).

The history object is part of the window object and is accessed through the window.history property.

Note Note: There is no public standard that applies to the history object, but all major browsers support it.

History Object Properties

Property	Description
length	Returns the number of URLs in the history list

History Object Methods

Method	Description
back()	Loads the previous URL in the history list
forward()	Loads the next URL in the history list
go()	Loads a specific URL from the history list