Is there a way to close a tab in WebDriver or Protractor?

Question

Is there a way to physically close a tab via Protractor or WebDriver?

I ask because while I know how to switch tabs programmatically, but it does not bring the acti

Answer 1

if use keyboard library with selenium its very simple for switch on tab and close or etc :

first install keyboard library :

pip install keyboard

second use keyboard for close tab in code for example :

    def change_tab_my_func(self, number):
        driver.switch_to.window(driver.window_handles[number])

    change_tab_my_func(0)   #your tab index    
    keyboard.send('ctrl+w')  

Answer 2

You can try the following:

1. Switch to the new opened tab.
2. Close the current windows (in this case, the new tab).

3. Switch back to the first window.

   browser.getAllWindowHandles().then(function (handles) {
   browser.driver.switchTo().window(handles[1]);
   browser.driver.close();
   browser.driver.switchTo().window(handles[0]);
   });