How to remove Joomla edit button from listing detail page
From JReviews Documentation
You need to edit Joomla's com_content template file:
And delete this:
<?php if ($canEdit) : ?> <td align="right" width="100%" class="buttonheading"> <?php echo JHTML::_('icon.edit', $this->article, $this->params, $this->access); ?> </td> <?php endif; ?>