Date: 2023mar16 Language: bash Keywords: runlevel, target Q. Systemd: switch to text mode A. To switch to text-mode (from graphical mode):

systemctl isolate multi-user.target

Sometimes that doesn't work so you need to do

systemctl set-default multi-user.target reboot

Then, of course, change it back to graphical (if you want) when done

systemctl set-default graphical.target reboot