Safety Exit Button – Quick Exit

When we started building websites for nonprofits, we kept hearing the same message from staff and volunteers:

Some visitors need a way to leave a page fast.

For organizations supporting people experiencing homelessness, survivors of domestic abuse, and anyone navigating sensitive situations, a small website feature can make a meaningful difference, especially when someone may be browsing resources in a shared space or under pressure.

So we built a clean, lightweight Safety Exit Button and released it for free, so any organization can add a quick exit option without custom development.

Features

• Instantly redirects to a neutral destination (default: Google)
• Uses location.replace() to prevent returning via the Back button
• Change the redirect URL in settings (Google, weather, news, anything)
• Choose button placement: bottom-right, bottom-left, top-right, top-left
• Choose button style: square, rounded, pill, or custom radius
• Match your site colors
• Optional ESC key triggers exit

Important note

No website can guarantee removing a visit from a browser’s History list. This plugin focuses on the industry-standard goal: immediate exit and preventing accidental return via the Back button.

External services

Safety Exit Button does not send data to Clicksmith or any external API.

When a visitor activates the Safety Exit button (or the optional ESC shortcut), the plugin redirects the visitor’s browser to a URL configured by the site administrator (default: https://www.google.com). This navigation happens in the visitor’s browser.

If you keep the default redirect, the visitor will load Google in their browser:
* Terms: https://policies.google.com/terms
* Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

If you change the redirect to another website (for example, weather.com), that third-party website’s own terms and privacy policy will apply.