Genius.com Back Button Fix

Stops Genius from hijacking your back button when clicking lyrics.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

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You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Genius.com Back Button Fix
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      1.0
// @description  Stops Genius from hijacking your back button when clicking lyrics.
// @author       qualia
// @match        *://genius.com/*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=genius.com
// @grant        none
// @license      MIT
// @run-at       document-start
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    const originalPushState = history.pushState;
    const originalReplaceState = history.replaceState;

    function getCleanUrl(urlStr) {
        if (!urlStr) return urlStr;
        try {
            const urlObj = new URL(urlStr, window.location.origin);
            if (urlObj.searchParams.has('referent_id') || urlObj.hash.includes('note-')) {
                urlObj.searchParams.delete('referent_id');
                urlObj.hash = '';
                return urlObj.pathname + urlObj.search + urlObj.hash;
            }
            return urlStr;
        } catch (e) {
            return urlStr;
        }
    }

    history.pushState = function(state, title, url) {
        const cleanUrl = getCleanUrl(url);
        return originalReplaceState.call(this, state, title, cleanUrl);
    };

    history.replaceState = function(state, title, url) {
        const cleanUrl = getCleanUrl(url);
        return originalReplaceState.call(this, state, title, cleanUrl);
    };
})();