How can I hide tags from appearing next to the date in the Essay template?

1. Fork an editable copy of the Essay template, if you haven't already.
2. Open up the source-code editor for your forked version of the Essay template.
3. Navigate to the entry.html file and remove lines 14-18:

{{#tags.length}}
{{#tags}}
☼ <a class="light" href="/tagged/{{slug}}">{{name}}</a>
{{/tags}}
{{/tags.length}}

Perfect. Thank you!