How to Hide a Column in jQuery DataTables Without Removing It From the DOM

April 23, 2013

There are times when you may want to hide a column from view without actually removing it from the DOM. This can be useful if you want to keep the data accessible for other operations but don’t want it visible on the front end. Quick Solution: Use CSS # One straightforward way to achieve this is by using CSS. This allows you to keep the column data in the DOM, but just not display it in the table. ...