 <p>You could modify the ioslide template to remove the repetition of the logo on each page. Download the template <a href="https://github.com/rstudio/rmarkdown/blob/3d46213d750fd4ebb83e73d0df357f081c73f49f/inst/rmd/ioslides/default.html" rel="nofollow">on the rmarkdown github repository</a> or find your local version on your computer. Remove the following part:</p> <pre><code>$if(logo)$ slides &gt; slide:not(.nobackground):before { font-size: 12pt; content: ""; position: absolute; bottom: 20px; left: 60px; background: url($logo$) no-repeat 0 50%; -webkit-background-size: 30px 30px; -moz-background-size: 30px 30px; -o-background-size: 30px 30px; background-size: 30px 30px; padding-left: 40px; height: 30px; line-height: 1.9; } $endif$ </code></pre> <p>Save the resulting file as <code>default.ioslides</code> in your pandoc home:</p> <pre><code>$HOME/.pandoc/templates (unix) C:\Documents And Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\pandoc\templates (windows XP) C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\pandoc\templates (windows 7) </code></pre> <p>The <code>logo</code> linked in your yaml front matter should now only appear on the title slide.</p> <p>(I answered a similar question <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/a/30955475/4132844">here</a>)</p>