Disabling the bar date filter

Hi there,
was wondering if the bar date filter can be disabled.
I was able to hide it with css but would like to do it “the right way.”

I got to the file bar.php

but from there, if I delete the date filter, the search bar goes away which I actually want to use.

Thanks in advance

https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/the-events-calendar/