# How do you go back in the interface

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-you-go-back-in-the-interface/147872>\
**Category:** Player Betas\
**Tags:** windows-store-app-beta\
**Created:** [June 12, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-you-go-back-in-the-interface/147872 "2016-06-12T16:16:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![grunger106](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@grunger106](https://forums.plex.tv/u/grunger106)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-you-go-back-in-the-interface/147872/1 "2016-06-12T16:16:29Z")

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I’m probably being really dense!  
But I cannot see how to go back a single stage - If I’m browsing TV and go into a season, and then want to go back to the root of the show to try another season I can’t see how.  
On the old app it was the arrow in the top left…

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**Author:** ![WilhelmStroker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/wilhelmstroker/32/85549_2.png) [@WilhelmStroker](https://forums.plex.tv/u/WilhelmStroker)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-you-go-back-in-the-interface/147872/2 "2016-06-12T16:38:42Z")

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I miss the back arrow too, especially on a touch screen. I currently just move my mouse to the top until the bar appears and use the back button there.

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**Author:** ![DeanKellham](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/deankellham/32/11246_2.png) [@DeanKellham](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DeanKellham)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-you-go-back-in-the-interface/147872/3 "2016-06-12T17:40:55Z")

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In Windows 10 there is a system-supplied back button for UWP apps. In windowed mode there is a back button on the titlebar, top-left. In tablet mode a back button appears on the taskbar next to Start | Task View | Cortana. Alternatively you can navigate back using the breadcrumb location bar along the top of the app (appears when in a library showing “TV Shows \> Show \> Season”) Clicking on any one of the items there will navigate you back to that level. Or my personal favourite is just the back button on my mouse but then that’s a pretty specific use-case 🙂

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**Author:** ![roguecode](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/roguecode/32/10414_2.png) [@roguecode](https://forums.plex.tv/u/roguecode)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-you-go-back-in-the-interface/147872/4 "2016-06-12T18:42:53Z")

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Just to confirm, the back button we’re using is the OS provided one, which is in all the places @TheMooDude said.  
But you’re right, in fullscreen mode it is a bit annoying to have to hold your mouse at the top until the bar pops down. Maybe in that instance we could put a back button on the screen.

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**Author:** ![Kaoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@Kaoh](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Kaoh)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-you-go-back-in-the-interface/147872/5 "2016-06-13T13:40:52Z")

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@roguecode, even though its a bit annoying, it is consistent with the OS design language. I prefer if you left it like that.

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**Author:** ![stanleywinston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@stanleywinston](https://forums.plex.tv/u/stanleywinston)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-you-go-back-in-the-interface/147872/6 "2016-06-13T22:19:08Z")

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I too was struggling to work out how to go back when full screen on a touch screen. the OS one at the bottom isn’t there and you need to swipe in at the top or bottom to get one. I’m not really a fan of hidden navigation. brings back nightmares of windows 8

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**Author:** ![grunger106](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@grunger106](https://forums.plex.tv/u/grunger106)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-you-go-back-in-the-interface/147872/7 "2016-06-14T17:44:21Z")

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> @roguecode said:  
> Just to confirm, the back button we’re using is the OS provided one, which is in all the places @TheMooDude said.  
> But you’re right, in fullscreen mode it is a bit annoying to have to hold your mouse at the top until the bar pops down. Maybe in that instance we could put a back button on the screen.

Its fine if your using a mouse+keyboard (or an Xbox remote) but it is pain on my surface 3 in tablet mode - what too literally a second on the Win8.1 app now is fiddly and takes longer…  
I’m all in favour of OS design standards, but in the fullscreen case I think a visible back button is a good move 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-do-you-go-back-in-the-interface/147872/8 "2020-01-08T18:42:38Z")

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