# libtmux.Session.previous_window

- **Module:** libtmux
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Python
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux-python/libtmux/blob/38e368c11117fb4aeb2f082d552cd4f210eae06a/src/libtmux/session.py#L543
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/py/stable/reference/libtmux-session-previous_window/

tmux command: [`previous-window`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/previous-window/)

```
libtmux.Session.previous_window(self) -> Window
```

Select the previous window.

Wraps [`$ tmux previous-window`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/previous-window/).

## Examples

```python
>>> w = session.new_window(window_name='pw_test')
>>> session.previous_window()
Window(...)
```

## Returns

:class:`Window`
    The newly active window.

## In other ports

### Move to the previous window of a session

- Rust: [`session.Session.previous_window`](/en/rs/latest/reference/session-session-previous_window/) (method)
- Go: [`tmux.Session.PreviousWindow`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-session-previouswindow/) (method)
- Java: [`io.github.libtmux.Session.Session.previousWindow`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-session-session-previouswindow/) (method)
- C#: [`LibTmux.Session.SelectPreviousWindowAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-session-selectpreviouswindowasync/) (method)
- C++: [`libtmux::Session::select_previous_window`](/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-session-select_previous_window/) (method)
- Swift: [`Server.selectPreviousWindow(in:)`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-selectpreviouswindow(in-)/) (method)