How to Change Linux GRUB Background Image
Hello guys. In this article I’m going to show you how to change GRUB background image in linux.
Most linux distro shows the blank image (black image background) in grub when we booting and choosing specific OS. But also for several distro (like Manjaro KDE, Parrot OS, Kali, etc.) it’s configured with specific background image for their GRUB.
It is possible to change the image may be if we feel boring and wanna make a little bit of customization, including for GRUB.
So, to do this, prepare the image that you want to use it and note it’s location in your directory. This is image that I will use for grub backgorund :
You can download this image for HD Quality → here
For example my image stored in home directory :
Note the path of image, then go to terminal and type commands below :
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
Hit Enter and type your password after that.
Press Ctrl+W to filter by searching, and search “background” then hit Enter :
Uncomment GRUB_BACKGROUND line and pass the path of our image as value like shown above.
- Change the path according to your image target location
Save it with Ctrl+X and type ‘y’ and hit Enter.
Lastly, update the grub :
sudo update-grub
Reboot to see the changes.
