Browser automatically navigates to previous page

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Browser automatically navigates to previous page

I have been facing this issue for long now. Chrome and Firefox (not safari) browser automatically goes back one step, to a previous page. This happens very frequently.

Example:

I visit example.com - browsers goes back to new empty tab state. Then I have to go forward again to go wherever I was.

I transit from example.com to example.com/a-web-page - the browser takes me back to example.com (a previous page).

This happens without me doing anything. Any suggestions what might cause this and how would I be able to fix this?

System:

macOS Big Sur

Version: 11.2.3 (20D91)

MacBook Pro M1, 13

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on May 13, 2021 3:02 AM

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dominic23

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May 13, 2021 3:57 AM in response to shekhardesigner

Startup in Safe mode. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201262

To leave Safe Mode, click  in the menu bar and choose “Restart”

Quote:

Safe mode prevents your Mac from loading certain software when it starts up, including login items, system extensions not required by macOS, and fonts not installed by macOS. It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility. And it deletes some system caches, including font caches and the kernel cache, which will be created again automatically as needed.

Try resetting

Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/3296214?hl=en

Firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-preferences-fix-problems

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