[Tex/LaTex] Remove Pagenumber from first page of index

indexingpage-numbering

I have a multiple page-long index in an extarticle document.
However, I am trying to remove the page number (of the bottom of the page) for the whole index.

using \pagestyle{empty}and/or \thispagestyle{empty} resulted in all (footnote-)page numbers getting removed (like expected) but the (footnote-)page number of the first page of the index.

Is there any fix to this?
I tried multiple approaches but had no luck until now.

Addendum

edit1: Indeed, I can only set the page-numbering style of all index-pages BUT the first one. (using fancyhdr and \pagestyle{fancy}

edit2: As I am using a custom .ist for index generation: I tried adding \pagestyle{empty} to it. But this has the same effect.

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Many classes use \thispagestyle{plain} for the first page of a chapter. Since you are using a custom .ist file, there is an easy workaround. The key preamble can be set to add \thispagestyle{plain}, e.g.:

preamble "\\begin{theindex}\\thispagestyle{empty}\n"

If class memoir is used, the page style for the first index page can be changed via:

\documentclass{memoir}
\aliaspagestyle{indextitlepagestyle}{empty}

Or if all first pages of chapters including the index should be have an empty page style:

\documentclass{memoir}
\aliaspagestyle{chapter}{empty}

KOMA-Script provides the macro \indexpagestyle, which contains the page style for the first index page. It can be redefined as:

\renewcommand*{\indexpagestyle}{empty}

An empty page style for the first pages of the other chapters are set by:

\renewcommand*{\chapterpagestyle}{empty}

In the standard classes as report or book, the page style is hard coded. If the page style plain should be replaced by empty in all cases, the page style can be redefined:

\makeatletter
\let\ps@plain\ps@empty
\makeatother

If the page style should be changed in theindex only, then it can be patched:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\patchcmd\theindex{\thispagestyle{plain}}{\thispagestyle{empty}}{}{%
  \errmessage{Could not patch \string\theindex}%

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based on the discussion in the comments, the following suggestion will not solve all problems, but it should get rid of some of them.

if a term to be indexed falls near the end of a page, it is generally a good idea to place the \index entry before the text string, especially if the term contains more than one word, or might be hyphenated.

in the case of a multi-word term, consider what a person looking in the index will be looking for on the referenced page. if the term is a name, e.g. Albert Einstein, a person looking in the index will look for "Einstein" -- then put \index after the name. if they'd look for the first word of the phrase, e.g. "probability theory", put it before.

i have compiled a document addressing various problems that arise in indexing; it has been posted on the ams web server. (this document is still a work in progress, but is far enough along to be useful. the incomplete portions are marked as such. comments are welcome; the address is included in the introduction.)

the "off by one" problem is encountered quite frequently, and is addressed in my "manual" in greater detail than described above.

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You have to make a few changes:

make \frontmatter to use arabic numbers;
make \mainmatter not to reset numbering;
avoid titlepage, because it resets the page numbering.

\documentclass[12pt]{book}

\usepackage{titling,emptypage}

\makeatletter
% don't use roman numbers in the front matter
\renewcommand{\frontmatter}{\cleardoublepage\@mainmatterfalse\pagenumbering{arabic}}
% don't reset page numbering at \mainmatter
\renewcommand{\mainmatter}{\cleardoublepage\@mainmattertrue}
\makeatother


\begin{document}

\title{Minimal Working Example}
\author{John Doe}

%%% FRONT MATTER %%%
\frontmatter

% half-title
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{center}
    \Large
    \thetitle
\end{center}

% empty page
\cleardoublepage

% full title
\begin{center}
\thispagestyle{empty}

\vspace*{5em}

\Large\theauthor

\vspace*{2em}

\Huge\thetitle

\vspace*{\fill}

\end{center}

% copyright
\clearpage
\thispagestyle{empty}
\vspace*{\fill}
\copyright\ \theauthor, \the\year

% dedication
\clearpage
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{center}
    \itshape
    \vspace*{5em}
    To Jane Doe.
\end{center}

% table of contents
\tableofcontents

% preface
\chapter*{Preface}

This is some preface text.


%%% MAIN MATTER %%%
\mainmatter

\part{First Part}

\chapter{First Chapter}

This is the first chapter.

\chapter{Second Chapter}

Another chapter.

\end{document}

Now the first chapter has page number 13.

If you really need titling and titlepage, you also need to modify titlepage so it doesn't reset the numbering. However, titlepage does essentially nothing, except doing \cleardoublepage, setting one column format, issuing \thispagestyle{empty} and resetting the page number at start and end.

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