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this working using the search plugin api. I've read

You would be better off trying that code inside initComplete. The footerCallback will be called on each draw (sort, search, page) which would then remove the last row after each draw. Kevin

Thank you Kevin! I have also found another working solution for anyone interested! Can you check it please? $('input:checkbox[name="chk_box"]').on('change', function () { if ($(this).is(':checked')) { table .column(17) // or columns??? .search( '^(?!\s*$).+', true, false ) .draw(); } else { table .column(17) .search( '' ) .draw(); }

it is a global search. Take a look at

the Datatables default global search input. If so you

my table has a search input below each column

Hi find the solution : api.column(7, {search: 'applied'}).data()

You can use the search() or column().search() API's for

Datatables will perform the search, sort and paging functions.

You actually need to search the table. You can