sudo gedit /etc/default/grubGRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true GRUB_TIMEOUT=0 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian` GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet profile" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""sudo update-grub2Now edit the grub once again and remove the word profile that we added. Update grub(sudo update-grub2) and then reboot. source

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