Close a specific Chrome tab in Ubuntu/Linux using terminal command

Question

Is there a way to close a specific Chrome tab with a terminal command? I tried below commands:

kill -9 <pid of Chrome tab>: Instead of closing a tab, it kills the tab ("He's dead Jim" message appears and tab remains)
killall chrome: Closes all Chrome browsers open

No, there's no signal or commandline switch to close an individual tab. — Shawn Balestracci, Commented May 22, 2013 at 18:49
You would need to use github.com/smblott-github/chromix with the extension github.com/smblott-github/chromi to do that. — Dan D., Commented May 23, 2013 at 2:12

Alfred.37 · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-30 12:16:50Z

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You can close a specific crome tab on follow way by terminal:

Change the active tab to the next right tab:

xdotool windowactivate --sync <window> key Ctrl + Tab

Change the active tab to the next left tab:

xdotool windowactivate --sync <window> Ctrl  + Shift + Tab

Close the active browser tab by:

xdotool windowactivate --sync <window> Ctrl + w

Remark: The Strg key on german keyboards is usually labelled Ctrl or Control on english keyboairds.

answered Dec 18, 2021 at 1:22

Alfred.37

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– r2d3
Commented Dec 18, 2021 at 1:42
The key which is labeled Strg on German keyboards is usually labelled Ctrl or Control internationally.
– tripleee
Commented Jan 10, 2022 at 13:42
@tripleee, Strg are changed now to Ctrl.
– Alfred.37
Commented Jan 10, 2022 at 13:47

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