You can specify a placeholder (default _) as follows:
$(document).ready(function(){ $("#date").inputmask("d/m/y",{ "placeholder": "dd/mm/yyyy" }); });
A placeholder can also be a single character, in which case it repeats for the entire length of your input.
$(document).ready(function(){ $("#code").inputmask("aaaa",{ "placeholder": "*" }); });
So, to remove it, you specify an empty placeholder, for example:
$(document).ready(function(){ $("#noplaceholder").inputmask("aaaa",{ "placeholder": "" }); });
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