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Removing Footer Elements from SharePoint List Items Display

To remove the footer elements (like Created By, Modified By, …) from list elements, you need to create new Custom List From using SharePoint Designer, and modify the output generated.
Here are the steps to do that, and thanks to Bergen for his blog Creating Custom Forms for SharePoint.

Step 1: Create a new Custom List Form, and edit it to remove the footer:

1. Open the site in SharePoint Designer.
2. Dive in to the tree to reach out your list folder. Usually under the Site Address/Lists
3. Make a copy of DispForm.aspx Name it something like: MyDispForm.aspx
4. Open the new MyDispForm.aspx
5. Select the ListFormWebPart, and delete it.
6. Click Insert -> SharePoint Controls -> Custom List Form…
7. Choose you list or document library from the drop down list.
8. Choose Type of form to create: Display item form (used to view list items)
9. A new Data Form Web Part will be created.
10. Delete the CreatedModifiedInfo control, using either:
    1. Design mode: click the control that shows the Created By and Modified By text, and delete.
    2. Code Mode: create the following tag:
       <SharePoint:CreatedModifiedInfo ControlMode="Display" runat="server"/>
11. Save the page.

Step 2: Introduce the new page to your List, and make it the default to display items:

1. Right-click you list folder from the left navigation Folder List. Choose Properties.
2. Under Supporting Files tab, under "Content type specific forms", Choose item or whatever you basic type is.
3. Change the page for "Display item form", and choose the new created page MyDispForm.aspx
4. Click Ok.
5. Browse to you list and view an item, to see that the footer is no more displayed.