Change GUI to NON-GUI mode in CentOS7

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The preference for me is to work on a Linux box in a terminal. However, recently encountered the need for GUI. I happened to have a CentOS 7 install with GUI, but the default boot will boot into NON-GUI.

GUI to CLI to GUI Commands

# Check the current settings
systemctl get-default

# Change to GUI mode.
systemctl set-default graphical.target

# Change to NON-GUI mode.
 systemctl set-default multi-user.target

# reboot
reboot now

Source(s)

https://www.tejasbarot.com/2015/05/10/change-default-runlevel-in-centos-7-rhel-7-gui-non-gui/#axzz3zjApN1Cx