# Prevent using the browser back button in WebDirect

**URL:** <https://the.fmsoup.org/t/prevent-using-the-browser-back-button-in-webdirect/1298>\
**Category:** Tips and Techniques\
**Tags:** webdirect\
**Created:** [September 5, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/prevent-using-the-browser-back-button-in-webdirect/1298 "2020-09-05T04:07:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Bobino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/bobino/32/194_2.png) [@Bobino](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Bobino)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/prevent-using-the-browser-back-button-in-webdirect/1298/1 "2020-09-05T04:07:14Z")

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I did not attempt using this trick, but just from the title, it seems very interesting:

> **[WebDirect and the Back button - 1-more-thing](https://www.1-more-thing.com/en/webdirect-back-button/)**
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> A technique to disable the browser back button with FileMaker WebDirect

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**Author:** ![Otmar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/otmar/32/703_2.png) [@Otmar](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Otmar)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 9:05am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/prevent-using-the-browser-back-button-in-webdirect/1298/2 "2020-09-05T09:05:19Z")

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Just checked it out, works like a charm!  
Just one correction: on macOS FMS the fiel should be placed in: FileMaker Server/HTTPServer/htdocs/ **httpsRoot** / to access the solution by https://

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**Author:** ![MonkeybreadSoftware](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/monkeybreadsoftware/32/361_2.png) [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/prevent-using-the-browser-back-button-in-webdirect/1298/3 "2020-09-05T10:10:35Z")

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We have done some customization in past with Web Direct:

[https://www.mbs-plugins.com/archive/2020-05-26/More\_customization\_for\_Claris\_/monkeybreadsoftware\_blog\_newest\_filemaker](https://www.mbs-plugins.com/archive/2020-05-26/More_customization_for_Claris_/monkeybreadsoftware_blog_newest_filemaker)

The number one thing you need to do, is to keep a backup and instructions as you may need to restore the changes after each update.