How do I *completely* remove a jQuery UI datepicker?

Question

I\'ve got a date text field I wish to only sometimes attach a DatePicker to, because I have some of my own text-handling scripts which handle partial date strings.

Answer 1

This removes .datepicker COMPLETELY:

$( selector ).datepicker( "destroy" );
$( selector ).removeClass("hasDatepicker").removeAttr('id');

Documentation:
http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Datepicker#method-destroy
also read the comments below