Return to previous

When you’re browsing Grafana - for example, exploring the dashboard and metrics related to an alert - it’s easy to end up far from where you started and hard get back to where you came from. The ‘Return to previous’ button is an easy way to go back to the previous context, like the alert rule that kicked off your exploration. This first release works for Alerts, and we plan to expand to other apps and features in Grafana in future releases to make it easier to navigate around.

Return to Previous is rolling out across Grafana Cloud now. To try Return to Previous in self-managed Grafana, turn on the returnToPrevious feature toggle in Grafana v10.4 or newer.

NOTE
The term context refers to applications in Grafana like Incident and OnCall, as well as core features like Explore and Dashboards.
To notice a change in your context, look at Grafana’s breadcrumbs. If you go from *Home > Dashboards* to *Home > Explore*, you’ve changed context. If you go from Home > Dashboards > Playlist > Edit playlist to Home > Dashboards > Reporting > Settings, you are in the same context.