How to exit the tty interface in Ubuntu?

9 months ago

Benjamin Taylor

1 minute

To exit the tty interface on Ubuntu, you can press the following key combination:

Pressing `Ctrl + Alt + F1` will take you to the first tty interface.

Pressing `Ctrl + Alt + F2` will take you to the second tty interface.

By the same token, `Ctrl + Alt + F3`, `Ctrl + Alt + F4`, and so on.

Each different tty interface is a separate terminal session where you can run commands and operations. To return to the graphical user interface (GUI), use the following key combination:

Pressing `Ctrl + Alt + F7` will take you back to the default graphical user interface.

Please note that in some cases, you may need to use different key combinations depending on your system configuration. The most commonly used key combinations are `Ctrl + Alt + F1` and `Ctrl + Alt + F7`.