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How to close a tab using javascript? window.close() doesnt work here.

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I am using the following function to close current tab. 

function closeWindow() {
           window.open("", "_self");
           window.close(); 
       }
I am using the following function to close current tab. function closeWindow() { window.open("", "_self"); window.close(); }

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You can only close windows that way that are opened via window.open()

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.