Want to delete text link in footer of front page

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I have a URL appearing in footer of my front page I want to delete but first want to be certain…I will remove just one of the
tags, correct?..the code appears in Theme Functions (functions.php) and should I delete everything beginning with <a href=https://www.ETC............. going right to that </a> tag? And leave the ; echo ’ before everything I deleted? Thank you!

Ps. Note this line of code pixelated in screenshot is what I would delete:

<a href="https://www.sampleurl.com/">Sample Name Of URL</a><br/>

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Remove all from the opening <a> tag to the closing one. I would also remove the <br/> because you have one at the end of the previous link.

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It might not be that easy.

It is not

<a href="https://www.sampleurl.com/">Sample Name Of URL</a><br/>

but

© 2016 DAN’S CARTOONS
[color=black]WEB DESIGN BY SYNERGY FLARE[/color]
PRIVACY POLICY | COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

If this is not a paid theme there is a better than good chance the designer wants this small acknowledgement in return for the free use of the theme. And may have made it more complex a task to remove the due credit than simply editing the HTML out of the template.

If it is a paid theme, it is time to talk to the designer and ask how to remove it.

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I could copy all code in theme functions and save to Notepad before editing all code from opening <a> tag to closing one and updating. Your thoughts?

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Are you sure you are allowed to do this under the terms of the license for the theme you are using? If not, what you are proposing is illegal and members of the forum will not help you with this.

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I don’t know about the specific theme you are using, but a while ago a member removed the acknowledgement from the theme they were using.

The entire theme broke.

The theme developer had two versions of the theme. One free - with the stipulation that the footer acknowledgement remain, the other paid - in which the footer acknowledgement was absent.

The free version had code in place so that if the footer acknowledgement was not there other critical functions of the theme would not work.

Can you really blame the theme author for wanting credit where credit is due?

My suggestion is that if you are not happy with the theme as it is to either contact the theme author about it or use a different theme that you are happy with.

Think of it this way. If a member posted something like this here.

I found a site that is a great source of cartoon images.
I can usually photoshop out the signature easy enough, but I need help removing the watermarks.
I do not want to pay for the high-quality watermark-free versions.
The free images will be fine for what I need, I just don’t want anyone to know where I got them from.

That wouldn’t bother you?

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