Close browser window in Angular SPA

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I've tried quite a few versions of the window.close() method trying to get around the "Scripts may not close windows that were not opened by script." error and have settled on the code below. I no longer receive the scripts error, but all the below does is redirect to my index page of my single page app. Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas?

So I call it from this page (ng-click) /index.html#/complete

and it redirects me to /index.html#/

$window.open($window.location.pathname, '_self').$window.close();

This was one of the solutions I attempted before. I got this error in the console, "Scripts may close only the windows that were opened by it." — Nick, Oct 14 '14 at 14:28
you aren't adding the hash to url created by `location.pathname` — charlietfl, Oct 14 '14 at 14:45
I updated the code and still experienced the same redirect problem. $window.open($window.location.pathname+'#/', '_self').close(); — Nick, Oct 14 '14 at 15:21

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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

is a workaround which you can use. The error you are getting on using that is:

Scripts may close only the windows that were opened by it.

Which is correct, you will not be allowed to close windows you didn't create.

See the full explanation here: window.close and self.close do not close the window in Chrome

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Oct 14 '14 at 15:16

Chankey Pathak

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Thanks. For all curious I ended up using the following which closed IE without prompt. It did not work in Chrome as mentioned by Chankey above. open(location+'#/', '_self').close(); – Nick Oct 14 '14 at 15:28

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