How To Close a Browser Tab With JavaScript

The close() method closes a window. See Also: The open() method. Syntax: window.close() Parameters: NONE Return Value: NONE

The Window.close() method closes the current window, or the window on which it was called. This method can only be called on windows that were opened by a ...

A script can only close windows that they opened. So just calling window.close() is not going to work. Your script must first open a new window.

window.close method can only be called by a window that were opened by a script using window.open or else we get a error on the console.

In JavaScript, we can close a window only if it is opened by using window.open method: window.open('https://www.google.com'); window.close();

If your script did not initiate opening the window (with something like window.open), then the script in that window is not allowed to close it.

window.close() function does not work in chrome.The warning is displayed in console as follow. >Scripts may not close windows that were not opened by script.

A script can only close windows that it created using window.open(). This was a security feature to prevent websites from closing windows without the user's ...

I'm trying to implement the button which makes the window close. What I did is following. When I click the close button, anything doesn't happen.

The Window.close() method closes the current window, or the window on which it was called.