[Tex/LaTex] How to remove footline on the title page of beamer slides

beamerheader-footer

I am using the default theme, and use the following to customize the footline,

\useoutertheme{infolines}
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{\hspace*{.5cm}\scriptsize{\insertshorttitle
\hspace*{50pt} \hfill\insertframenumber\hspace*{.5cm}}\\
\vspace{9pt}}

I don't like it also appears on the title page. Is there a simple way not to show it on the first page?

Best Answer

You can redefine footline locally for the title frame; I also modified the framenumber counter so that the frames including the footline start from one:

\documentclass{beamer}

\useoutertheme{infolines}
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{\hspace*{.5cm}\scriptsize{\insertshorttitle
\hspace*{50pt} \hfill\insertframenumber\hspace*{.5cm}}\\
\vspace{9pt}} 

\author{An Author}
\title{The Title}

\begin{document}

{
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{} 
\begin{frame}
  \titlepage
\end{frame}
}
\addtocounter{framenumber}{-1}

\begin{frame}
A frame with footline
\end{frame}

\end{document}

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\defbeamertemplate*{footline}{my footline}
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MWE

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Madrid}

\defbeamertemplate*{footline}{my footline}
{
    \ifnum \insertpagenumber=1
      \leavevmode%
      \hbox{%
      \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth,ht=2.25ex,dp=1ex,center]{}%
        % empty environment to raise height
      \end{beamercolorbox}}%
      \vskip0pt%
    \else
      \leavevmode%
      \hbox{%
      \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth,ht=2.25ex,dp=1ex,center]{title in head/foot}%
        \usebeamerfont{title in head/foot}\insertshorttitle
      \end{beamercolorbox}}%
      \vskip0pt%
    \fi
}

\setbeamertemplate{footline}[my footline]

\title{Some Title}

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\titlepage
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}{Frame 1}
This is a normal frame.
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Output