I followed this advice.
replacing
<title><?php bloginfo('name'); ?> | <?php is_home() ? bloginfo('description') : wp_title(''); ?></title>
with
<title><?php wp_title(''); ?></title> (also a general advice on a wordpress plug in support forum although the text to be replaced seems theme specific).
I am using Yoast.
It still does not work.
The title tags are repeated and seem to be drawing from two sources (one I write in the yoast plug in and one from somewhere else).
The best example is the contact page
http://www.indonesiadetective.com/contact/
The second Indonesia Private . ... . . . . . . . . should not be there.
Basically I need to only display what is written in the Yoast SEO title box.
By the way it has nothing to do with the rewrite Yoast option and nor am I using another SEO plug in.
Thanks
Paul