https://askubuntu.com/questions/859630/how-to-start-ubuntu-in-console-mode

Yes you can. As described here (ubuntuhandbook.org - Boot into text console ubuntu) you need to edit /etc/default/grub to have the next boot end up in text mode. In summary you will set these parameters:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=“text” GRUB_TERMINAL=console After saving changes you need to run:

sudo update-grub sudo systemctl enable multi-user.target –force sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target Undoing text-mode To undo sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target simply type

sudo systemctl enable graphical.target –force sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target