Magento:XML: Remove Footer links

Magento:XML: Remove Footer links.xml

<!-- To remove "SiteMap" footer link -->
app\design\frontend\base\default\layout
open catalog.xml
In catalog.xml remove/comment out the footer_links section in the default

<!-- To remove "Search Terms" and "Advanced Search" footer links -->
app\design\frontend\base\default\layout
open catalogsearch.xml
In catalogsearch.xml remove/comment out the footer_links section in the default

<!-- To remove "Contact us" footer link -->
app\design\frontend\base\default\layout
open contacts.xml
In contacts.xml remove/comment out the footer_links section in the default

<!-- To remove "Contact us" footer link -->
app\design\frontend\base\default\layout
open sales.xml
In sales.xml remove/comment out the footer_links section in the default

<!-- Refersh the Cache Storage Management and refresh home page -->

local.xml 


<default>
    <reference name="footer_links">
        <action method="removeLinkByUrl"><url helper="catalog/map/getCategoryUrl" /></action>
        <action method="removeLinkByUrl"><url helper="catalogsearch/getSearchTermUrl" /></action>
        <action method="removeLinkByUrl"><url helper="catalogsearch/getAdvancedSearchUrl" /></action>
        <action method="removeLinkBlock"><blockname>return_link</blockname></action>
    </reference>
</default>
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