How to run a method when the window closes in JavaScript

Question

I'm wondering how I can run a method when a window or tab closes. I've tried using the following...

window.onclose = () => {
  // execute function
}

window.onbeforeunload = () => {
  // execute function
}

but both of these only fire when I refresh the page not when I close it.

Any help would be very appreciated thanks!

Does this answer your question? [Run JavaScript code on window close or page refresh?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13443503/run-javascript-code-on-window-close-or-page-refresh) — Heretic Monkey, May 28 '21 at 22:44
I don't see anything in your question about trying the `visibilitychange` event as described in [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/52412486/215552)... — Heretic Monkey, May 28 '21 at 23:47

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '21 at 22:51

1

Not possible anymore.

Newer browsers doesn't support it anymore.

answered May 28 '21 at 22:51

renanleandrof

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