The Window.close()
method closes the current window, or the window on which it was called.
This method can only be called on windows that were opened by a script using the Window.open()
method, or on top-level windows that have a single history entry. If the window doesn't match these requirements, an error similar to this one appears in the console: Scripts may not close windows that were not opened by script.
Note also that close()
has no effect when called on Window
objects returned by HTMLIFrameElement.contentWindow
.
Syntax
Parameters
Return value
Examples
Closing a window opened with window.open()
This example shows a method which opens a window and a second one which closes the window; this demonstrates how to use Window.close()
to close a window opened by calling window.open()
.
let openedWindow;
function openWindow() {
openedWindow = window.open("moreinfo.htm");
}
function closeOpenedWindow() {
openedWindow.close();
}
Specifications
Browser compatibility
|
Desktop |
Mobile |
|
Chrome |
Edge |
Firefox |
Internet Explorer |
Opera |
Safari |
WebView Android |
Chrome Android |
Firefox for Android |
Opera Android |
Safari on IOS |
Samsung Internet |
close |
1 |
12Before Edge 79, scripts can close windows that weren't opened by the same script.
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1Before Firefox 46, scripts can close windows that weren't opened by the same script.
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4 |
3 |
1 |
4.4 |
18 |
4Before Firefox 46, scripts can close windows that weren't opened by the same script.
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10.1 |
1 |
1.0 |