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
tabIds
integer
orarray
ofinteger
The ids of the tab or tabs to close.
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
BCD tables only load in the browser
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.