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History.length

The History.length read-only property returns an integer representing the number of elements in the session history, including the currently loaded page.

For example, for a page loaded in a new tab this property returns 1.

Syntax

const length = history.length

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard (HTML)
# dom-history-length-dev

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

See also

  • The History interface it belongs to.

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Last modified: Sep 14, 2021, by MDN contributors

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Related Topics

  1. History API
  2. History
  3. Properties
    1. length
    2. scrollRestoration
    3. state
  4. Methods
    1. back()
    2. forward()
    3. go()
    4. pushState()
    5. replaceState()
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