Closing a tab in javascript

Question

I am trying to get my tab to close at the end of a method call. I used window.close(). But it isnt working and I am getting a triangular yellow exclamation mark in the debugger with message that says "Scripts may close only the windows that were opened by it".

Can someone tell me how I can close any tab? Thanks.

Im using Chrome but I need it to work on all browsers.

It is because of the security, you can close the window **only** if you open it. — skobaljic, Jun 21 '16 at 14:15
There's no way around that. It wouldn't be a very good security measure if you could circumvent it. — JJJ, Jun 21 '16 at 14:16
since you can't close the window, a compromise I use is to navigate to a different page, such as about:blank, or some custom page of your choosing — CodeToad, Jun 21 '16 at 14:20

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 21 '16 at 14:15

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The error tells you exactly what you're asking. Javascript can only window.close() windows that it had created using window.open()

Source: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/close

answered Jun 21 '16 at 14:15

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