Hello Paolo,
I am afraid the TabStrip does not provide built-in buttons to close tabs. Please use custom buttons and the available API.
http://demos.kendoui.com/web/tabstrip/api.html
You can also vote for such a feature at http://feedback.kendoui.com
Regards,
Dimo
Telerik
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