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The History object allows you to navigate through the history of Websites that a browser has displayed.

The browser stores a history of visited URLs in a list, which the History object references.

Properties and Methods of the History Object

Property	Description
back()	Loads the URL for the previous visited Web site
current	Refers to the current URL in the history list
forward()	Loads the next URL in the history list
go()	Loads a URL from the history list
length	Returns the number of entries in the history list
next	Refers to the next URL in the history list
previous	Refers to the previous URL in the history list



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    <head>
    <title> Using the history object to view a list of the browser history</title>
    <script language="JavaScript">
    <!--
    netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalBrowserRead");
    -->
    
    </head>
    <body>
    <script language="JavaScript">
    <!--
    for (i=0; i<history.length; i++){
       document.writeln(window.history.previous);
    }
    //End Hide -->
    </script>
    </body>
    </html>