Can component invoke a self destroy event

If you add a component using ViewContainerRef.createComponent() like shown in Angular 2 dynamic tabs with user-click chosen components, then the component can destroy itself when you pass cmpRef to the created component.

Otherwise I don’t think there is a way. You can pass a value to the parent so that an *ngIf removes the component.

<child *ngIf="showChild" (close)="showChild = false"></child>

class ParentComponent {
  showChild:boolean = true;
}

class ChildComponent {
  @Output() close = new EventEmitter();

  onClose() {
    this.close.emit(null);
  }
}