# How to navigate back in ios (react-native)?

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/how-to-navigate-back-in-ios-react-native/35312>\
**Category:** Issues/Bugs\
**Created:** [December 28, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/how-to-navigate-back-in-ios-react-native/35312 "2021-12-28T06:44:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/how-to-navigate-back-in-ios-react-native/35312/1 "2021-12-28T06:44:38Z")

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i am doing automated testing with appium [webdriver.io](http://webdriver.io) and XCUITtest for react-native application, and i open one screen and wanted to navigate back from it… in back button i have used back symboll, so i can not select it with xpath any other way is there to navigate back?

please help…

here is  
capabilities: [{  
maxInstances: 1,  
browserName: ‘’,  
appiumVersion: ‘1.22.0’,  
platformName: ‘iOS’,  
platformVersion: ‘14.4’,  
deviceName: ‘iPhone 11 Pro’,  
automationName: ‘XCUITest’,  
acceptInsecureCerts: true,  
appWaitDuration: 20000,  
bundleId: ’ ',  
autoAcceptAlerts: true  
}],