javascript close current window

Question

please help java script about close current window. this is my code and it does not work.

<input type="button" class="btn btn-success"
                     style="font-weight: bold; display: inline;"
                     value="Close"
                     onclick="closeMe()">
function closeMe()
{
    window.opener = self;
    window.close();
}

I tried this but it doesn't work either:

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

Answer 1

I know this is an old post, with a lot of changes since 2017, but I have found that I can close my current tab/window with the following now in 2019:

onClick="javascript:window.close('','_parent','');"

Answer 2

** Update **

Since posting the answer the latest versions of browsers prevent the command from working. I'll leave the answer visible but note it ONLY works on older browser versions.

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Most browsers prevent you from closing windows with javascript that were not opened with window.open("https://example_url.com") however, it is still possible to close the current window using the following command:

window.open('','_self').close()

This loads a blank url (the first argument) in the current window (the second argument) and then instantaneously closes the window. This works because when close() is called, the current window has been opened by javascript.

Answer 3

You cannot close a window with javascript that you did not open. It will not work in chrome or firefox.

See https://stackoverflow.com/a/19768082/2623781 for more information.

Answer 4

In JavaScript, we can close a window only if it is opened by using window.open method:

window.open('https://www.google.com');
window.close();

But to close a window which has not been opened using window.open(), you must

1. Open any other URL or a blank page in the same tab
2. Close this newly opened tab (this will work because it was opened by window.open())

window.open("", "_self");
window.close();