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How to Automatically Boot into the Raspberry Pi Desktop (GUI)

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Is your Raspberry Pi booting into the command line (CLI) by default? This short guide will show you how to boot into Raspberry Pi OS Desktop automatically instead!

1 – Connect to your Pi

Log into your Pi via SSH or connect a monitor and keyboard to get to the command line.

How to Connect to a Raspberry Pi Remotely via SSH
The preferred (and most common) method of connecting to your Pi to run commands.

2 – Configure to boot into Raspberry Pi OS Desktop (with raspi-config)

Type the following command:

sudo raspi-config

Then, use your arrow keys to navigate to Enable Boot to Desktop and press enter. Select the Desktop login option and press enter.

Reboot and you’re good to go!

3 – Configure to boot into Raspberry Pi OS Desktop (without raspi-config)

Alternatively, you can make the same change without using the raspi-config GUI by running the following command:

sudo update-rc.d lightdm disable
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