diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/results.js b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/results.js
index 5e3f8ed40..365f7d6d7 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/results.js
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/results.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
       this.innerText = this.dataset.copiedText;
     });
 
+    const isMobile = screen.orientation.type.startsWith('portrait');
     searxng.selectImage = function (resultElement) {
       /* eslint no-unused-vars: 0 */
       if (resultElement) {
@@ -82,6 +83,11 @@
         }
       }
       d.getElementById('results').classList.add('image-detail-open');
+
+      // add a hash to the browser history so that pressing back doesn't return to the previous page
+      // this allows us to dismiss the image details on pressing the back button on mobile devices
+      if (isMobile) window.location.hash = 'image-viewer';
+
       searxng.scrollPageToSelected();
     }
 
@@ -102,6 +108,13 @@
       searxng.selectNext(false);
     });
 
+    // listen for the back button to be pressed and dismiss the image details when called
+    if (isMobile) {
+      window.addEventListener('hashchange', () => {
+        if (!window.location.hash) searxng.closeDetail();
+      })
+    }
+
     w.addEventListener('scroll', function () {
       var e = d.getElementById('backToTop'),
         scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop,