Removing jQuery from footer

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I am working with HTML5 Blank and I can’t seem to get jquery to stop being called in wp_footer(). I have tried adding this to the bottom of my functions file: 

function theme_slug_dequeue_footer_jquery() {
 wp_dequeue_script( 'jquery' );
}
add_action( 'wp_footer', 'theme_slug_dequeue_footer_jquery', 11 );

with no luck. I also tried:

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if( !is_admin()){
wp_deregister_script('jquery');
wp_dequeue_script('jquery');}

but I still end up with /wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.8.3 being called in the footer. What am I doing wrong here?

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  1. If your working with a blank theme why don’t you just remove or comment out the wp_enqueue_script('jquery'); in the theme functions.php?

    Otherwise your action hook is wrong, use, 

    add_action('wp_print_scripts','theme_slug_dequeue_footer_jquery');
function theme_slug_dequeue_footer_jquery() {
   wp_dequeue_script('jquery');
}

    This will still load the build in jQuery (I think) in /wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.8.3

    To remove all jQuery from the admin & the front end you have to deregister_script, this will break how the admin functions but it will still be usable (no drag and drop, etc).

    add_action('wp_print_scripts','theme_slug_dequeue_footer_jquery');
function theme_slug_dequeue_footer_jquery() {
        wp_deregister_script('jquery');
        wp_dequeue_script('jquery');
    }

    Also for just the front end use (this is the one you should be using):

     add_action('wp_print_scripts','theme_slug_dequeue_footer_jquery');
 function theme_slug_dequeue_footer_jquery() {
       if( !is_admin()){
           wp_dequeue_script('jquery');
       }
}

  2. If you need to call another jQuery version, you could use the noConflict method and you can load them in header or footer with no problem in any order.