how I can close browser window with angular?

Question

I try many ways to close the browser window with angular 13 but don't work with me

I try this :

var win = window.open("about:blank", "_self");
win.close();

 window.opener = null;
    window.open("", "_self");
    window.close();

    window.location.href="javascript:window.close()"

Does this answer your question? [window.close and self.close do not close the window in Chrome](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19761241/window-close-and-self-close-do-not-close-the-window-in-chrome) — araisch, Mar 29 '22 at 10:15

Chris Hamilton · Answer 1 · 2022-03-29T10:22:45.820

You only have the power to close a tab if you were the one that opened that tab.

In the following example the close button will only work after opening a new tab using the link.

export class MyComponent {
  close() {
    window.close();
  }
}

<a href="http://localhost:4200" target="blank">Open New Tab</a><br />
<button (click)="close()">close</button>

On all modern browsers, the web page to be closed must be the first in that window/tab's session history.

And further:

Modern browsers will also resist your attempt to trick them into thinking that an existing window/tab was opened with JavaScript when it was not.

This is done to protect the user's session history.

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