Removing prefix from figure captions in LaTeX

Question

I'd like to make my own caption inside \caption{} in figures of LaTeX. How can I turn off the "Figure " prefix from the captions that appear?

user_3926252 · Answer

If you don't want to use additional packages, here is a work-around to put a caption (text) below the figures:

\includegraphics[width=1\linewidth]{figurename}\[1mm]
  {---your caption---}