i added a splash screen to my iOS project per https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/4.0.0/config_ref_images.md.html
i didn't like it and removed the entries from config.xml and deleted the image files.
i rebuilt my project and ... my splash screen still shows.
in platform/ios//Resources/splash all the png files i created (and deleted) are still there.
if i delete it, the build fails with errors saying the splash directory is missing.
how do i get rid of these files? where are the coming from? how on earth do i get rid of the splash screen?
i fixed this, albeit accidentally.
i had to upgrade to a new version of a plugin and as part of that process i did:
cordova platform remove ios
cordova platform add ios
afterwards, the splash screen was gone