# Back button on Computer view doesn't go back to main screen

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/back-button-on-computer-view-doesnt-go-back-to-main-screen/69707>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [January 18, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/back-button-on-computer-view-doesnt-go-back-to-main-screen/69707 "2024-01-18T15:18:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Katelyn\_Alberts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/katelyn_alberts/32/44421_2.png) [@Katelyn\_Alberts](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Katelyn_Alberts)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/back-button-on-computer-view-doesnt-go-back-to-main-screen/69707/1 "2024-01-18T15:18:36Z")

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If I go from a main tab (in the case, the Explore tab) into a new screen

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/c/0/c0e7dcec6f40fff211b4187b364ef0ffe48ceb8b.jpeg)

(in this case, I head to a salon profile) And then fuss around, do some edits on the profile, and then try to head BACK to the main screen…

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/d/f/dff0fe2db9774e081dd10a44ec05f1115e3df6c7.jpeg)

…it goes back to my editing screen (or whatever else I looked at) instead of back to the main Explore page

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/0/4/04d6ab0fe0e44e31880c51c0a88aa5cc14be1d93.jpeg)

This doesn’t seem to happen in the mobile view.

How can I correct this?

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/back-button-on-computer-view-doesnt-go-back-to-main-screen/69707/2 "2024-01-18T21:15:07Z")

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How are you going back? Are you using the emulator back button?

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**Author:** ![Katelyn\_Alberts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/katelyn_alberts/32/44421_2.png) [@Katelyn\_Alberts](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Katelyn_Alberts)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/back-button-on-computer-view-doesnt-go-back-to-main-screen/69707/3 "2024-01-18T22:55:44Z")

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I’m using this back button

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/2/7/27a474c3b807d2c961994e45d8d877c0385c7a5a.png)

is that not correct?

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/back-button-on-computer-view-doesnt-go-back-to-main-screen/69707/4 "2024-01-19T01:58:10Z")

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If the last screen you looked at is an Edit screen, then that is the correct behaviour.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/back-button-on-computer-view-doesnt-go-back-to-main-screen/69707/5 "2024-01-19T04:12:22Z")

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In cases like that, I usually add a Back button or a breadcrumb to force the user to navigate using onscreen buttons. Using the browser back button is usually unpredictable, although users will always end up using it.