Remove author from title page keep in footer on Beamer

Question

I was wondering since I'm new to Beamer, if there was a way to prevent \author{} from showing up on the title page, I would however, like to keep it in the footer of my slides.

Thanks,

Answer 1

You could use the optional argument of \author for setting the "short" author version, while leaving the mandatory argument empty:

\author[Name]{}

Commonly, the optional argument of \author will be used in the footer, the mandatory argument on the title page, for example with Copenhagen, Madrid, Berlin, Boadilla and furher themes.