How do I get rid of the “Release 1” in the Page Header of the Sphinx Latex Output?

Question

I\'m using the \"manual\" document class of Sphinx and I\'m quite happy with how the Latex Output looks like, except for the page header. It contains the title of my paper,

Answer 1

The bellow lines eliminate also the comma in the header. Add them in your conf.py file:

latex_custom = r'''
\makeatletter

    \fancypagestyle{normal}{
        \fancyhf{}
        \fancyfoot[LE,RO]{{\py@HeaderFamily\thepage}}
        \fancyfoot[LO]{{\py@HeaderFamily\nouppercase{\rightmark}}}
        \fancyfoot[RE]{{\py@HeaderFamily\nouppercase{\leftmark}}}
        \fancyhead[LE,RO]{{\py@HeaderFamily \@title}}
        \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}
        \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}

\makeatother
'''

latex_elements = {'preamble': latex_custom}

Such a solution affects only the header. If you want to remove the release sign also from the front page use the solution provided by ddbeck.