How can I remove the search bar and footer added by the jQuery DataTables plugin?

For DataTables >=1.10, use:

$('table').dataTable({searching: false, paging: false, info: false});

For DataTables <1.10, use:

$('table').dataTable({bFilter: false, bInfo: false});

or using pure CSS:

.dataTables_filter, .dataTables_info { display: none; }

Check out http://www.datatables.net/examples/basic_init/filter_only.html for a list of features to show/hide.

What you want is to set "bFilter" and "bInfo" to false;

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#example').dataTable( {
        "bPaginate": false,
        "bFilter": false,
        "bInfo": false
                 } );
} );

You can also not draw the header or footer at all by setting sDom: http://datatables.net/usage/options#sDom

'sDom': 't' 

will display JUST the table, no headers or footers or anything.

It's discussed some here: http://www.datatables.net/forums/discussion/2722/how-to-hide-empty-header-and-footer/p1