# No back button in desktop view

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/no-back-button-in-desktop-view/84598>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Tags:** desktop\
**Created:** [September 25, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/no-back-button-in-desktop-view/84598 "2025-09-25T11:54:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Akshit\_Agarwal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/akshit_agarwal/32/91706_2.png) [@Akshit\_Agarwal](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Akshit_Agarwal)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/no-back-button-in-desktop-view/84598/1 "2025-09-25T11:54:36Z")

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@NoCodeAndy  
**Description**

- There is no back button for transitioning to previous page/view when app is opened in desktop view. Back button exists in mobile view.

**How to replicate**

- Open any multi page app in desktop view.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/no-back-button-in-desktop-view/84598/2 "2025-09-25T14:13:45Z")

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Use a Breadcrumbs component.

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**Author:** ![Akshit\_Agarwal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/akshit_agarwal/32/91706_2.png) [@Akshit\_Agarwal](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Akshit_Agarwal)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/no-back-button-in-desktop-view/84598/4 "2025-09-26T04:18:38Z")

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Interesting because without the breadcrumbs component(as it is now), the mobile app has a back button, but that doesn’t seem to be the case for desktop. So even though breadcrumbs might resolve this issue, isn’t it still a bug given the situation ?

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/no-back-button-in-desktop-view/84598/5 "2025-09-26T08:41:40Z")

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No, I don’t believe its a bug. It’s by design. Breadcrumbs are for desktop view, back button is for mobile.

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**Author:** ![Akshit\_Agarwal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/akshit_agarwal/32/91706_2.png) [@Akshit\_Agarwal](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Akshit_Agarwal)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/no-back-button-in-desktop-view/84598/6 "2025-09-26T08:49:36Z")

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Oh! that makes a lot of sense. Thanks again Darren

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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:** [September 27, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/no-back-button-in-desktop-view/84598/7 "2025-09-27T01:03:48Z")

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Must also be noted breadcrumbs won’t show up on mobile, so what Darren said is right. It’s by design.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/no-back-button-in-desktop-view/84598/8 "2026-03-26T01:04:22Z")

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