---
title: "navigateBack(_:)"
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "appkit/nspagecontroller/navigateback(_:)"
---

# navigateBack(_:)

Navigates backwards in the page controller’s arranged objects array.

## Declaration

```swift
@IBAction func navigateBack(_ sender: Any?)
```

## Parameters

- `sender`: The sender.

## Discussion

Discussion This method is typically invoked in response to a user interacting with a control, the sender. This method is animated and invokes the delegate’s pageControllerWillStartLiveTransition(_:) and pageControllerDidEndLiveTransition(_:) methods.

## See Also

### Related Documentation

- [navigateForward(to:)](appkit/nspagecontroller/navigateforward(to:).md)

### Page Controller Navigation

- [navigateForward(_:)](appkit/nspagecontroller/navigateforward(_:).md)
- [takeSelectedIndexFrom(_:)](appkit/nspagecontroller/takeselectedindexfrom(_:).md)