tabs.remove()
Closes one or more tabs.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise
.
Syntax
var removing = browser.tabs.remove(
tabIds // integer or integer array
)
Parameters
Return value
A Promise
that will be fulfilled with no arguments when all the specified tabs have been removed or their beforeunload
prompts have been handled. If any error occurs, the promise will be rejected with an error message.
Examples
Close a single tab:
function onRemoved() {
console.log(`Removed`);
}
function onError(error) {
console.log(`Error: ${error}`);
}
var removing = browser.tabs.remove(2);
removing.then(onRemoved, onError);
Close multiple tabs:
function onRemoved() {
console.log(`Removed`);
}
function onError(error) {
console.log(`Error: ${error}`);
}
var removing = browser.tabs.remove([15, 14, 1]);
removing.then(onRemoved, onError);
Example extensions
Browser compatibility
Report problems with this compatibility data on GitHubwebextensions-desktop | webextensions-mobile | |||||
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remove | ChromeFull supportYes | EdgeFull support14 | FirefoxFull support45 | OperaFull supportYes | SafariFull support14 | Firefox for AndroidFull support54 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
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Acknowledgements
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.tabs
API. This documentation is derived from tabs.json
in the Chromium code.
Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.