how to kill one tab of google chrome using pid

Question

I want to close one tab of chrome. I tried killing the pid of the tab, but the tab doesn't close instead says "Aw, Snap! Something went wrong while displaying this webpage. To continue, reload or go to another page". How can I get rid of this.

Answer 1

You can't close a tab by killing the process. The process represents a renderer that the main browser uses the execute and draw a page, which it then copies to the screen. The "Aw, Snap!" is what the browser displays when the renderer responsible for that tab crashes or is killed. The proper way to close the tab would ideally be via a command-line switch, but there is none that I know of at this time.

Answer 2

It is possible to kill an unresponsive tab (or set of tabs) in Chrome by going to:

1. Wrench;
2. Tools;
3. Task Manager and clicking on the tab name;
4. Then clicking the "End Process" button at the bottom.