Closing current browser window/tab using JS

Asked Apr 18 '15 at 21:01

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I’m developing a small web app, and I want to add a ‘close’ button.

The app runs inside Chrome window, and runs from a desktop shortcut (there's no opening window). I’m using AngularJS on client side & NodeJS backend.

Every solution I've tried:

$window.close();

$window.self.close();

$window.open(‘’, ‘_self’, ‘’); $window.close();

Returns this error:

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

Any other creative idea how to bypass/hack this restriction without setting the browser’s configuration?

Thanks.

asked Apr 18 '15 at 21:01

Erez Carmel

please see this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19761241/window-close-and-self-close-do-not-close-the-window-in-chrome – omar-ali Apr 18 '15 at 21:05
You cannot do it. If you could, it would be treated as a security exploit and the attack would be fixed quickly. – Pointy Apr 18 '15 at 21:07
@omar-ali none of the suggestions in that url works :/ – Erez Carmel Apr 18 '15 at 21:56
@Pointy That;s why I'm asking that, if there's a knows hack that works for now. – Erez Carmel Apr 18 '15 at 21:57
Overwrite the whole DOM with a text called 'Please Close this Window' – YOU Apr 19 '15 at 08:56

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