Is it okay to skip kanji at the beginning?

I'm just starting out learning Japanese and was wondering – is it a good idea (or at least sustainable) to completely skip kanji for now and replace them all with hiragana instead? (I believe that even in Japan, public texts like TV subtitles often include furigana annotation for kanji to aid comprehension.) My plan is to focus on grammar, vocab, and sentence structure first, and leave kanji for when I’m more advanced and comfortable. Has anyone tried this approach, and did it work for you?