# Back button pressed? 🤔

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/back-button-pressed/153902>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [July 24, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/back-button-pressed/153902 "2019-07-24T03:35:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![BlueWhaleYT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/bluewhaleyt/32/28437_2.png) [@BlueWhaleYT](https://community.thunkable.com/u/BlueWhaleYT)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/back-button-pressed/153902/1 "2019-07-24T03:35:36Z")

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Hi there,  
Can someone explain what can it do with this thing 🤔🤔

![IMG_20190724_113319](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/b/0/b0e06d798dd90742cc5cb549bf052ece4d939835.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![CBVG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/cbvg/32/32401_2.png) [@CBVG](https://community.thunkable.com/u/CBVG)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 5:06am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/back-button-pressed/153902/2 "2019-07-24T05:06:26Z")

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BackButton may allow an app to gracefully react to said back button press, that could be

- cancel an on-going selection
- return to an already decided “previous” screen
- anything else you may deem necessary

You do not have to use it, by the way.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/back-button-pressed/153902/3 "2024-11-08T12:12:09Z")

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