removing view counts from public display?

hi there, I was hoping someone might have some advice on my issue. basically, I just started a blog, got a premium theme, yadda yadda, and I’ve been posting on it for a little while now and haven’t found a way to get the view counts of posts off public display.

in my posts, there’s a post_views_count among the options, but when I delete that option, I still have view counts showing up in my posts, except it just says “0 views” instead of the actual number.

I’m not sure whether its a problem i’m having with wordpress or the theme, but I would appreciate any input. thanks.