Page # of n with fancyhdr

Question

I want to have on the right side of the page a footer "Page 1 of 3". I took this code from another post, but the page number appears both on the right side "Page 2 of 3" and in the centre "2".

How can I fix it?

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,hidelinks,fleqn]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} 
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb}                    
\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\chead{\textbf{FE5116}}
\rfoot{Page \thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}

\title{Dummy empty page, so that I get the first page with number 2}
\date{}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\newpage
\section*{Question 1 [25 marks]}
this is a question
\newpage
\section*{Question 1 [25 marks]}
this is a question

\bigskip
%dummy use of math, to center the next line
$$
\text{\textbf{END OF PAPER}}
$$

\end{document}

@Fabio See this answer: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/394355/121944 — AML, May 02 '18 at 11:43
You probably need to clear the center footer with something like \cfoot{}. Completely unrelated: don't use $$ ... $$ for displayed math, see Why is \[ … \] preferable to $$? — Torbjørn T., May 02 '18 at 11:55
Thanks for both suggestions. Both work. $$ is not preferable, I was just not aware of \[...\] — Fabio, May 02 '18 at 12:00
Do you want to change the page style of the title page as well? — Torbjørn T., May 02 '18 at 12:15

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 02 '18 at 12:04

You need to actually remove the center part of the footer first, with \cfoot{} or \fancyhf{} (removes both header and footer).

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,hidelinks,fleqn]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} 
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb}                    
\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{} % clears the header and footer
\fancyhead[C]{\textbf{FE5116}}
\fancyfoot[R]{Page \thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}}

\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}

\title{Dummy empty page, so that I get the first page with number 2}
\date{}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\newpage
\section*{Question 1 [25 marks]}
this is a question
\newpage
\section*{Question 1 [25 marks]}
this is a question

\bigskip
\begin{center}
\textbf{END OF PAPER}
\end{center}

\end{document}

@AML Maybe, but it's not really clear from the question. The obvious thing that's being asked is to remove the page number from the center footer, Fabio will have to clarify if he wants to change the page style of the title page. — Torbjørn T., May 02 '18 at 12:12

Page # of n with fancyhdr

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