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CloseOtherNotebooks

Contributed by: Richard Hennigan (Wolfram Research)

Close all other open notebooks

ResourceFunction["CloseOtherNotebooks"][]

close all but the current notebook.

ResourceFunction["CloseOtherNotebooks"][notebooks]

close all notebooks except for those specified by notebooks.

Details and Options

The current notebook is determined by EvaluationNotebook[].
In ResourceFunction["CloseOtherNotebooks"][spec], the notebook specification spec can be an explicit NotebookObject, a pattern, or a list of notebook specifications.
ResourceFunction["CloseOtherNotebooks"] takes the following options:
"Modified" False whether to close notebooks that have unsaved changes

Examples

Basic Examples

Close all but the current notebook:

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CreateWindow[WindowTitle -> "Close Me"]; Notebooks[]
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ResourceFunction["CloseOtherNotebooks"][]
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Only the current notebook and the messages window remain open:

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Notebooks[]
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Provide a list notebooks that should be kept open:

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CreateWindow[WindowTitle -> "Close Me"]; nb = CreateWindow[WindowTitle -> "Keep Me Open"]; ResourceFunction["CloseOtherNotebooks"][{SelectedNotebook[], nb}]
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Notebooks[]
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ResourceFunction["CloseOtherNotebooks"][]
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Use a pattern to choose which notebooks to keep open:

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CreateWindow[WindowTitle -> "Close Me"]; CreateWindow[WindowTitle -> "Keep Me Open"]; ResourceFunction["CloseOtherNotebooks"][ EvaluationNotebook[] | (nb_ /; CurrentValue[nb, WindowTitle] === "Keep Me Open")]
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Notebooks[]
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ResourceFunction["CloseOtherNotebooks"][]
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Options

Modified

By default, notebooks that have been modified in memory will not be closed:

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CreateWindow[WindowTitle -> "Close Me"]; nb = CreateWindow[WindowTitle -> "This one has been modified"]; NotebookWrite[nb, "testing"]; ResourceFunction["CloseOtherNotebooks"][]
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Notebooks[]
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Using "Modified"True will close these notebooks without saving changes:

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ResourceFunction["CloseOtherNotebooks"]["Modified" -> True]
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Notebooks[]
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Resource History

  • Date Created: 31 December 2018