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Hide boot menu by manually editing the config file:
- GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden – Hide the boot menu.
- GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=countdown – Hide boot menu and show countdown.
- GRUB_TIMEOUT = 0 – It will boot the default OS immediately.
- GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true – Disable “/etc/grub.
One of the unique features of GRUB is hiding/skipping the menu and showing it by holding Esc when needed.
How do you reduce GRUB time?
for this you have to change the value of GRUB_TIMEOUT value to 2 or 3 .
- go to super mode. su –
- now open the GRUB.cfg file either in vi editor or Gedit (Gedit is easy (GUI))
- then find GRUB_TIMEOUT and change it’s value 2 or 3.
- save the changes.
- if find any difficulty then watch my video on youtube .
Make it executable and run sudo update-grub (or sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg if on Arch). Reboot and GRUB will not display the menu or introduce any delay during boot. But, you can still get the menu if you hold down Shift after the hardware has turned on but before GRUB has started.
Though most users don’t mind that the GRUB menu is present, hiding it for sure increases your boot time by a few seconds. You don’t have to wait for the 10-second timeout or press the Enter key. In this tutorial, we’ll be learning how to disable the GRUB boot menu from your GNU/Linux installation.
How to change Grub hidden timeout quiet to true?
By default, the entries in that files look like this. Change the line GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=false to GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true. Then run sudo update-grub command in the terminal, and reboot to see the result. I had the same problem and none of the tips here worked! The only way was to change /boot/grub/grub.cfg manualy.
How do I change the Grub settings on my computer?
Press Ctrl + S to save the file and close the text editor. But note that, nothing will change until you reboot. Now that you’ve successfully updated your GRUB settings, update it by typing this command.