How can I remove the gnu logo from emacs?

Question

How can I remove the GNU logo from emacs? I am on a Windows system and the green area keeps flickering, which I find distracting.

Answer 1

fancy-splash-image's value is nil

Documentation:
The image to show in the splash screens, or nil for defaults.

You can customize this variable.

You can set the fancy-splash-image variable to the image of your choice, or in your case to an empty picture.

You can do away with the entire splash screen by setting inhibit-splash-screen to t