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Document: close() method

The Document.close() method finishes writing to a document, opened with Document.open().

Syntax

js
close()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

js
// Open a document to write to it
document.open();

// Write the content of the document
document.write("<p>The one and only content.</p>");

// Close the document
document.close();

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-document-close-dev

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
close
Chrome – Partial support
Chrome 1 – 44 (Release date: 2008-12-11)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 45 (Release date: 2015-09-01)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Partial support
Firefox 1 – 68 (Release date: 2004-11-09)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 69 (Release date: 2019-09-03)
footnote Full support
Opera – Partial support
Opera 12.1 – 50 (Release date: 2012-11-20)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Opera – Full support
Opera 51 (Release date: 2018-02-07)
footnote Full support
Safari – Partial support
Safari 1 – 10.1 (Release date: 2003-06-23)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Safari – Full support
Safari 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Partial support
Chrome Android 18 – 44 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 45 (Release date: 2015-09-01)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Partial support
Firefox for Android 4 – 68 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 79 (Release date: 2020-07-28)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Partial support
Opera Android 12.1 – 46 (Release date: 2012-10-09)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 47 (Release date: 2018-07-23)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Partial support
Safari on iOS 1 – 10.3 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Partial support
Samsung Internet 1 – 4.2 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Partial support
WebView Android 4.4 – 44 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 45 (Release date: 2015-09-01)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Partial support
WebView on iOS 1 – 10.3 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19)
footnote Full support

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