JavaScript/ jQuery for Closing Browser FireFox / Chrome / IE

Question

As I need JavaScript / jQuery code for closing browser's ( FireFox / Chrome and IE..)

As I have try with window.close().

But it only work for IE.

Is any other way..?

you can close the page, not the browser. – zzzzBov Sep 23 '11 at 13:27 — zzzzBov, Sep 23 '11 at 13:27

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 15 '16 at 17:41

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This worked for IE and Chrome. (window.close() worked for IE, then win.close for chrome)

<script type="text/javascript">
    function CloseThis() {
             var win = window.open('', '_self');
             window.close();
             win.close(); return false;
    }
</script>

edited Apr 15 '16 at 17:41

Pritam Banerjee

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answered Feb 28 '13 at 16:18

Marco acuna

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Works for me, in Chromium portable! – Pritam Banerjee Apr 15 '16 at 17:15

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 16 '16 at 19:08

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Can check Browser and write respective script for IE / FireFox

IE---->

window.close()

FireFox --->

var answer = confirm("Do you want to close this window ?");
 if (answer){

netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege('UniversalBrowserWrite');
    window.close();
 }
 else{
     stop;
 }

edited Apr 16 '16 at 19:08

Pritam Banerjee

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answered Sep 26 '11 at 13:41

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 23 '11 at 13:26

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I don't think that is possible as javascript can only interact with the pages rendered by the browser, not the actual browser.

answered Sep 23 '11 at 13:26

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 23 '11 at 13:29

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Windows can only be closed by scripts (window.close()) that were opened by scripts in the first place. So generally, this isn't possible (https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.close)

answered Sep 23 '11 at 13:29

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 23 '11 at 13:26

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Try this snippet

window.close()

answered Sep 23 '11 at 13:26

Andreas Eriksson

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From [Mozilla](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.close): "This method is only allowed to be called for windows that were opened by a script using the window.open method. If the window was not opened by a script, the following error appears in the JavaScript Console: Scripts may not close windows that were not opened by script." – Dennis Sep 23 '11 at 13:30

JavaScript/ jQuery for Closing Browser FireFox / Chrome / IE

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