# Allow previous page

**URL:** <https://forum.surveyengine.com/t/allow-previous-page/35>\
**Category:** Survey Building\
**Created:** [13 February 2023 17:55 UTC](https://forum.surveyengine.com/t/allow-previous-page/35 "2023-02-13T17:55:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Freddo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.surveyengine.com/freddo/32/55_2.png) [@Freddo](https://forum.surveyengine.com/u/Freddo)\
**Post date:** [13 February 2023 17:55 UTC](https://forum.surveyengine.com/t/allow-previous-page/35/1 "2023-02-13T17:55:54Z")

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How to add the “previous page” function that allows respondents to go to the previous page?

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**Author:** ![Nayara](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.surveyengine.com/nayara/32/15_2.png) [@Nayara](https://forum.surveyengine.com/u/Nayara)\
**Post date:** [13 February 2023 18:57 UTC](https://forum.surveyengine.com/t/allow-previous-page/35/2 "2023-02-13T18:57:29Z")

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Under the standard customisations available in the layout page of the edit tab, there is a checkbox for including the previous page in the survey.  
 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/surveyengine/original/1X/0b5375ff5cd4f31131561a6e2fea6d2b97123033.png)

**Note:** including the back button is generally not recommended as participants could overwrite their original answers and hence the choice experiment might lose its credibility