Removing prefix from figure captions in LaTeX

Question

I'd like to make my own caption inside \caption{} in figures of LaTeX. How can I turn off the "Figure " prefix from the captions that appear?

score 63 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 19 '13 at 03:00

63

First use the caption package and then use the command \caption* in this way

\usepackage{caption}
...
\caption*{some text}

instead of \caption{some text}

Logic is the same in avoiding numbering of sections and subsections and many other objects

\subsection*{Name of unnumbered subsection}

answered Feb 19 '13 at 03:00

Vladimir

4

This does not work in a figure environment for the Beamer class at least. Actually none of these options work in Beamer as far as I can tell. – BGTP33 Nov 07 '14 at 16:01
For beamer: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/82456/how-to-remove-figure-caption-prefix-figure-in-beamer – Lenar Hoyt Dec 17 '14 at 02:55
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For me it works fine with beamer. According to the package's documentation beamer support was added in version 3.1 in 2007. – Max Jan 22 '19 at 07:59

Peter · Answer 2 · 2010-10-01T20:03:25.447

25

You can use the caption package and do this:

\usepackage[labelformat=empty]{caption}

edited Oct 01 '10 at 20:03

answered Oct 01 '10 at 19:21

Peter

oops, sorry should have taken that into account. I've updated my answer. – Peter Oct 01 '10 at 20:02
6

I want this to apply only to figures in one section though, not globally – Oct 01 '10 at 20:05

score 13 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 28 '11 at 15:02

13

Instead of defining the caption style when loading the caption package, set it up afterwards:

\usepackage{caption}% http://ctan.org/pkg/caption
...
\captionsetup[figure]{labelformat=empty}%

These changes will now only pertain to figure environments.

answered Aug 28 '11 at 15:02

Werner

1

Works like a charm for `subfloat` too. Nice! – rbaleksandar Mar 23 '17 at 11:00

score 9 · Answer 4 · edited May 20 '13 at 11:42

9

You can use

\captionsetup[figure]{labelformat=empty}

to turn the caption text off and then use

\captionsetup[figure]{labelformat=default}

to turn the caption text on again if you want it to be different in different sections.

edited May 20 '13 at 11:42

Soner Gönül

answered May 20 '13 at 11:22

Adam

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 23 '20 at 20:06

0

If you don't want to use additional packages, here is a work-around to put a caption (text) below the figures:

\includegraphics[width=1\linewidth]{figurename}\\[1mm]
  {---your caption---}

answered May 23 '20 at 20:06

berkin

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