How to close a window using jQuery

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How to close a window using jQuery for all browser compatibility?

<input type="button" 
       name="backButton" 
       value="Close" 
       style="background-color:#245f91; color:#fff;font-weight:bold;" 
       onclick="window.close();">

This onclick event is working in IE. Could you help me to write code in jQuery?

window.close is plain javascript. Nothing in jQuery will make it more cross browser. It is the browser itself that decides if it allows your script to close the window. — mplungjan, Jan 17 '12 at 06:15

score 62 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 17 '12 at 06:11

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$(element).click(function(){
    window.close();
});

Note: you can not close any window that you didn't opened with window.open. Directly invoking window.close() will ask user with a dialogue box.

answered Jan 17 '12 at 06:11

Shiplu Mokaddim

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score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 16 '13 at 13:53

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You can only use the window.close function when you have opened the window using window.open(), so I use the following function:

function close_window(url){
    var newWindow = window.open('', '_self', ''); //open the current window
    window.close(url);
 }

answered Sep 16 '13 at 13:53

Sboniso Marcus Nzimande

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I think that should be "newWindow.close(url);". But in any case, this worked great and should be the accepted answer! – BrianLegg Feb 12 '16 at 15:03
Good answer. Yes, it should be "newWindow.close(url);". Why are you using the url parameter? – Mikel Aug 08 '17 at 13:14
Sadly does not work in Edge. Works current Chrome (but Chrome seems to let any old link close a window) and works with IE 11.... Bugger. – BeNice Jul 14 '19 at 20:35

score 17 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 17 '12 at 06:11

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just window.close() is OK, why should write in jQuery?

answered Jan 17 '12 at 06:11

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score 4 · Answer 4 · edited May 07 '14 at 04:07

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For IE: window.close(); and self.close(); should work fine.

If you want just open the IE browser and type

javascript:self.close() and hit enter, it should ask you for a prompt.

Note: this method doesn't work for Chrome or Firefox.

edited May 07 '14 at 04:07

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answered Apr 02 '14 at 04:13

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 17 '12 at 06:12

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This will only work for windows which are opened by using window.open(); method. Try this

var tmp=window.open(params);
tmp.close();

answered Jan 17 '12 at 06:12

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