How to remove link icon from blog posts

[SSE]

Hi!
When I hover over my blog posts, there is permalink text that shows up and a dark hover effect. I wanted to remove them and found help on this thread: https://theme.co/apex/forum/t/how-do-i-remove-dark-hover-permalink-text-on-my-blog-posts/23057
After that the text and hover effect are gone, but link-icon stays (see the attachment). How can I remove it?

Thanks.

[Prasant]

Hello @SSE,

Thanks for asking.

Please add following CSS under X > Theme Options > CSS to remove link icon:

.entry-thumb:before{display: none;}

1- I have found the proper CSS code selector using the Chrome browser Developer Toolbar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcFnnxfA70g

2- For the CSS code itself, I suggest that you get started with this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfoY53QXEnI

Thanks.

[SSE]

Thank you very much!

[basanta]

You are most welcome!