Make grub not show at all during boot

Question

I have a PC with Windows 7 and Ubuntu.
Is there a way to make grub not show at all and boot directly into the default os, and when I want I can press a key or something and choose to boot into something else.
This is my grub file.
I have tried many options like hidden timeout , timeout style ,etc but nothing works

See http://askubuntu.com/questions/52963/how-do-i-set-windows-to-boot-as-the-default-in-the-boot-loader for the answer to how to make GRUB default to boot Windows, — user68186, Apr 20 '15 at 14:16

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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First of all, please check this question to see how Windows can be set as the default for booting: How do I set Windows to boot as the default in the boot loader?

To hide grub unless a button is pressed, you need to configure grub to do so:

Press Alt+F2, type gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub press Enter and enter your password.

Set the options like following:

GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=6
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true

Save the file by pressing CTRL+s.
Then to activate the changes you made, run this command and enter your user password when prompted:
```
$ sudo update-grub2
```

Now if you reboot, grub menu should't display unless you don't press a button in 6 seconds (which is set by GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT configuration).

Another option is this:

Set both GRUB_TIMEOUT and GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT as 0 and grub menu won't be displayed unless you press shift button while booting.

For more information about grub configuration, you can check this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Configuring_GRUB_2

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Apr 20 '15 at 13:34

Gokhan Sari

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can i make it a specific button? – Mudit Kapoor Apr 20 '15 at 13:44
I updated my answer, please see the 'Another option' part. – Gokhan Sari Apr 20 '15 at 14:08
i tried the 'another option' by setting GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 and GRUB_TIMEOUT=0 but the grub menu was displayed and timeout was 10 seconds. (i updated grub) – Mudit Kapoor Apr 21 '15 at 15:34
I am not using the configuration I suggested so I can't test, can you please check this question: http://askubuntu.com/questions/469347/how-to-hide-grub-menu-in-ubuntu-14-04 – Gokhan Sari Apr 21 '15 at 20:22
both your above answers don't seem to work for me – Mudit Kapoor May 06 '15 at 15:39

Make grub not show at all during boot

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