jquery datatables hide column

Question

Is there a way with the jquery datatables plugin to hide (and show) a table column?

I figured out how to reload the table data: using fnClearTable and <

Answer 1

Hope this will help you. I am using this solution for Search on some columns but i don't want to display them on frontend.

$(document).ready(function() {
        $('#example').dataTable({
            "scrollY": "500px",
            "scrollCollapse": true,
            "scrollX": false,
            "bPaginate": false,
            "columnDefs": [
                { 
                    "width": "30px", 
                    "targets": 0,
                },
                { 
                    "width": "100px", 
                    "targets": 1,
                },
                { 
                    "width": "100px", 
                    "targets": 2,
                },              
                { 
                    "width": "76px",
                    "targets": 5, 
                },
                { 
                    "width": "80px", 
                    "targets": 6,
                },
                {
                    "targets": [ 7 ],
                    "visible": false,
                    "searchable": true
                },
                {
                    "targets": [ 8 ],
                    "visible": false,
                    "searchable": true
                },
                {
                    "targets": [ 9 ],
                    "visible": false,
                    "searchable": true
                },
              ]
        });
    });