how to remove the arrow mark from the pagiantion in codeigniter - codeigniter

Question

In codeigniter Pagination ,I have the pagination links like below.
EG 1 : 1 2 3 > Last ›
EG 2 : ‹ First < 5 6 7 8 9 > Last ›
From the above link how to remove the ">" all arrow mark from the pagination link.
is any keyword set in config parameters.
My code :
public function index()
{
$limit = ($this->uri->segment(4) > 0)?$this->uri->segment(4):0;
$config['base_url'] =base_url().'/dep/index/';
$config["total_rows"] = sizeof($this->MODEL_NAME->COUNT_DEP($companyID, $sortBy, $orderBy));
$config['per_page'] =5;
$config['uri_segment'] = 4;
$config['next_link'] = '';
$config['prev_link'] = '';
$config['num_links'] = 2;
$data["CE"] = $this->MODEL_NAME->get_dep($dep_id, $sortBy, $orderBy,$config["per_page"], $limit);
$data["total_count"] = $config["total_rows"];
$this->pagination->initialize($config);
$data["links"] = $this->pagination->create_links();
$this->load->view('dep/home',$data);
}

Answer 1

You can do with following 4 options:
$config['next_link'] = '';
$config['prev_link'] = '';
$config['first_link'] = 'First';
$config['last_link'] = 'Last';

Answer 2

I want your code, but try this
$config['next_link'] = '';
$config['prev_link'] = '';

Answer 3

$config['next_link'] = '<img src="'.base_url().'backend/images/right-arrow.png" >';
$config['prev_link'] = '<img src="'.base_url().'backend/images/left-arrow.png" >';
$config['base_url'] = ''.base_url().'admin/home/userList/?id='.$id.'';
$config['uri_segment'] = 3;
$config['use_page_numbers'] = TRUE;
$config['page_query_string'] = TRUE;
$config['num_tag_open'] = '<li>';
$config['num_tag_close'] = '</li>';
$config['cur_tag_open']='<li><a href="[removed]void(0);" class="page_active">';
$config['cur_tag_close']='</a></li>';