How to remove powered by phpBB in phpBB 3.0

The beauty of phpBB 3.0 is that it is a free open-source software program. To help increase its brand awareness, phpBB tags its software with a line of copyright text at the bottom of the page reading 'Powered by phpBB' that also includes a link back to their main site. While it is not recommended, some administrators may want to remove this line of text. This article will describe the method of removing the 'Powered by phpBB' line for your website.

Note that by removing the Copyright and 'Powered by phpBB' lines, you will be ineligible for support on the phpBB forums.

Removing the Copyright and Powered by phpBB lines

1. Log into your Administrative Control Panel.
2. Once in the ACP, click on the Styles tab from the row of tabs at the top of the page.
3. This leads you to the main Styles page. Look to the menu on the left and click on the Templates link under the Style Components category.
4. From the Templates page, find the template you are currently using in the Installed templates category and click the Edit button to continue.
   
5. You are now on the Edit Template page. Click on the Template File dropdown, select overall_footer.html and click on the Select Template File button to open it.
   
6. You can now see the code for the file below in an edit box. Scroll down until you find the the following code:
   <div class="copyright">
           {CREDIT_LINE}
           <!-- IF TRANSLATION_INFO --><br />{TRANSLATION_INFO}<!-- ENDIF -->
           <!-- IF DEBUG_OUTPUT --><br />{DEBUG_OUTPUT}<!-- ENDIF -->
           <!-- IF U_ACP --><br /><strong><a href="/support/{U_ACP}">{L_ACP}</a></strong><!-- ENDIF -->
   </div>
   Highlight and delete the {CREDIT_LINE} line of code.
7. Click on the Submit button to save the changes you have made to the footer. To ensure the changes display immediately, be sure to go back to the Templates page and click the Refresh button for your template. Below is a before and after comparison to show you how the site looks when the Powered by phpBB line is removed.
   

   Before	After