How to close current browse's tab?

Question

I am trying to close the current open tab after 1 second.

Here is what I tried :

    $(function(e){

        setTimeout("window.top.close()", 1000) 

    )};

The code works in Edge but it does not work in Firefox.

I get this warning into the console when I try to close a page in Firefox :

Scripts may not close windows that were not opened by script.

How can I close the page?

What part of that warning isn't clear? Would you want other sites to be able to close your tabs? — charlietfl, Jul 19 '16 at 23:07
Seems like the browser won't let you. Maybe there's another way to achieve your greater objective. Why do you want to close the tab? — BeetleJuice, Jul 19 '16 at 23:07
You can only close windows which are open by you (your script). This is security measure. — Alex Kudryashev, Jul 19 '16 at 23:07
Possible duplicate of [How to close current tab using javascript?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18857363/how-to-close-current-tab-using-javascript) — Sven van den Boogaart, Jul 20 '16 at 00:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 20 '16 at 00:17

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Simply you can not. The fact Microsoft Edge allows you to close tabs is a serious security breach, other safer internet browsers will not let you do something like that.

You can close tabs and windows which were opened by the script itself.

Your code seems correct anyway.

answered Jul 20 '16 at 00:17

David Tabernero M.

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It's more a usability issue than a security breach. – Bergi Jul 20 '16 at 02:36

How to close current browse's tab?

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