How to remove Prestashop 1.7 footer link

Step I - Open footer.tpl file

We should edit a file of Prestashop theme: /themes/classic/ templates/_partials/footer.tpl - so please open this file and find the code somewhere between lines 38 and 46:

  <a class="_blank" href="http://www.prestashop.com" target="_blank">
          {l s='%copyright% %year% - Ecommerce software by %prestashop%' sprintf=['%prestashop%' => 'PrestaShop™', '%year%' => 'Y'|date, '%copyright%' => '©'] d='Shop.Theme'}
  </a>
  
  

Step II - Remove or edit the code

If you just want to remove "Ecommerce software by PrestaShop" - remove code above. That's all. If you want to change it to add your custom copyright information or put your custom links, change it as your requirement, for example :

  <a class="_blank" href="/your-website" target="_blank">
          {l s='%copyright% %year% - by %mywebsite%' sprintf=['%mywebsite%' => 'your-business-name', '%year%' => 'Y'|date, '%copyright%' => '©'] d='Shop.Theme'}
  </a>
  
  

These links you put into your website footer won't affect to the ranking.

Step III - Remove the Footer link on Checkout Page

All above steps will remove/edit the copyright information in the footer section of all pages (include Product Page), but since 13/04/2017, to remove the Prestashop Footer Link on Order/Checkout page, please use your FTP client to access your theme folder, open /classic/templates/ checkout/_partials/footer.tpl file and remove this line from your PrestaShop template:

  <div class="text-xs-center">© 2018 - CLASSIC - {l s='Ecommerce software by' d='Shop.Theme'} PrestaShopTM</div>