How to close the current tab in a browser window using JavaScript
In this tutorial, we are going to see how to close the current tab in a browser window with JavaScript. There is a method in JavaScript available that allows you to close the tab for the current window. This, is the close() method:
window.close()
You should know that window.close() method can only close the tab opened using window.open() method. So, to close the current tab in javaScript, it must be opened using the window.open() method.
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Example:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head></head> <body> <button onclick="openW()">Click to open StackHowTo website</button> <button onclick="closeW()">Click here to close the window</button> <script> var win; function openW() { win = window.open("https://stackhowto.com", "_blank", "width=900, height=786"); } function closeW() { win.close(); } </script> </body> </html>
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