Issue with window.close and chrome

Question

I'm trying to close a child window with JavaScript, and in Firefox everything works fine but in Chrome the window doesn't close.

Here is what I'm using

$(document).ready(function() {
    if (window.opener && !window.opener.closed)
        window.opener.location = "http://www.website.com"
    window.close();
});

I tried a suggestion on google, but to no avail.

Anyone having a similar issue or know of a work-around?

score 86 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '10 at 02:00

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I know this question is old, but I ran into the same problem. This worked for me:

window.open('', '_self', ''); //bug fix
window.close();

answered Mar 25 '10 at 02:00

Warren Benedetto

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@Long I think because the bug fix crashed with first window.open() so it should be delayed. @Warren Thanks. – Jeaf Gilbert Jun 24 '10 at 03:33
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How future-proof is this solution? Does anyone know why this works? I thought the general rule was that you could not close a window that was not opened with JavaScript. – Walter Stabosz Apr 03 '12 at 18:49
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@WalterStabosz If you directly use window.close() then it will not work because only tab that opened from javascript are allowed to close. So we open some blank url in same window and then try to close it via javascript and it works!! – Parixit Jul 02 '13 at 12:24
I can't get this to work; I've opened the child window using LyteBox, and I can "post back" to the main window using parent.document, but then it just ignores the window.close - which is odd, as the child window was opened using JavasScript in the first place. – Marc Wilson Nov 02 '13 at 02:06
I can't seem to get it to work anymore, unless I serve the page locally. – cjm Jul 27 '16 at 06:17

score 10 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 16 '20 at 00:30

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If previously you open some other window by window.open()

This don't work:

window.open(...)
window.open('', '_self', '');
window.close();

But work:

window.open(...);
setTimeout(function(){
    window.open('', '_self', '');
    window.close();
}, 100);

edited Oct 16 '20 at 00:30

Amaan warsi

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answered Apr 14 '10 at 08:21

Maxim D. Kuznetsov

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 16 '20 at 00:03

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Something like this should also work:

setTimeout(function() {
    window.close();
},50);

edited Oct 16 '20 at 00:03

Amaan warsi

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answered May 05 '10 at 21:34

Max Kramnik

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Doesn't work for me - it doesn't error, it just does nothing. – Marc Wilson Nov 02 '13 at 02:07

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 23 '12 at 13:37

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I think it's working in Chrome Kiosk ( Fullscreen ) mode. Tried successfully.

answered Apr 23 '12 at 13:37

nembleton

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 14 '13 at 17:17

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top.window.close() works for me. Tested on IE, FF, Chrome, Safari and Opera.

answered Jun 14 '13 at 17:17

Ron

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Oct 16 '20 at 00:36

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This worked for me

var win = window.open("about:blank", "_self");
win.close();

edited Oct 16 '20 at 00:36

Amaan warsi

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answered Dec 03 '14 at 23:20

Gerardo Abdo

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Issue with window.close and chrome

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