To hide default search box, simply pass ‘dom’:’lrtip’. This will hide default search box but searching feature still working so we can add any other custom searching.
$(‘#myTable’).DataTable({
“dom”:”lrtip”
});
If you want to hide default search box and disable searching you can pass searching: false. In this we can not add any custom searching.
$(‘#myTable’).DataTable({
searching: false
});
Reference
https://datatables.net/reference/api/search()

