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# goBack(_:)

Navigates back one step in the page history.

```
@IBAction func goBack(_ sender: Any?)
```

## Discussion

The page history gets built as your application calls navigation methods such as [`go(to:)`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFView/go(to:)-5lh5d) and [`goToLastPage(_:)`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFView/goToLastPage(_:)).

## See Also

[`canGoBack`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFView/canGoBack)

Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the user can navigate to the previous page in the page history.


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