How do I kill the *GNU Emacs* buffer when emacs starts?

Question

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Unable to hide welcome screen in Emacs

Is there a way I can prevent the GNU Emacs buffer from coming up when emacs starts?

Answer 1

I believe this in your ~/.emacs will do that

;; no startup msg  
(setq inhibit-startup-message t)        ; Disable startup message 

Answer 2

The following in your .emacs will do the trick.

(setq inhibit-startup-screen t)