# Close browser

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/close-browser/148755>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 16, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/close-browser/148755 "2008-09-16T21:28:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snantz)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/close-browser/148755/1 "2008-09-16T21:28:21Z")

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Right now I have people login through a login page and then hit a logout  
button in order to loggout. Is there a way to close a browser window  
when a user logs out? Can that even be done in rails or JavaScript?  
Sorry if this not a question pertaining 100% to rails. Thanks,

-S

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**Author:** ![snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@snantz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/snantz)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/close-browser/148755/2 "2008-09-17T00:56:00Z")

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On Sep 16, 8:28 pm, Shandy N. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Right now I have people login through a login page and then hit a logout  
> button in order to loggout. Is there a way to close a browser window  
> when a user logs out? Can that even be done in rails or JavaScript?  
> Sorry if this not a question pertaining 100% to rails. Thanks,

window.close() will close a window (however there are restrictions  
about what windows scripts can close)

Fred