Remove date from Google search results

I have the same question. I looked at the data for one of my posts in Google Webmaster Tools’ “Fetch as Google” tool and could see where the date was being displayed for the post. I removed the following code from the loop-index.php file:

echo “<time class=’date-container minor-meta updated’
$markup>”.get_the_time(get_option(‘date_format’)).”</time>”;
echo “<span class=’text-sep text-sep-date’>/</span>”;

I emptied all caches (I use W3 Total Cache) and used the Fetch as Google tool again and the date no longer appeared. I assume this will work, but will have to wait and see how Google reacts. In the mean time, I just want to make sure that this is the correct thing to do? Or is there another preferred method? Basically, I want to make sure I’m not breaking things!

Thanks for the support, guys!!

I realize this is an old post, but it still applies.

I want to remove the date from the Google search snippet results for pages only – not blog posts. The above settings adjustment for a blank custom date affects everything, including blog posts.

So… how do we remove the date from pages only in Google results?