JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.7/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
<script src="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.7/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<div id="main_wrapper">
    <button class="form_button destroy_pager" type="button" onclick="" title="Destroy pager">Destroy pager</button>

    <table id="example" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
        <thead>
            <tr>
                <th>Column 1</th>
                <th>Column 2</th>
                <th>Column 3</th>
                <th>Column 4</th>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
            <tr>
                <td>Data 1</td>
                <td>Data 2</td>
                <td>Data 3</td>
                <td>Data 4</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Data 1</td>
                <td>Data 2</td>
                <td>Data 3</td>
                <td>Data 4</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Data 1</td>
                <td>Data 2</td>
                <td>Data 3</td>
                <td>Data 4</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Data 1</td>
                <td>Data 2</td>
                <td>Data 3</td>
                <td>Data 4</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Data 1</td>
                <td>Data 2</td>
                <td>Data 3</td>
                <td>Data 4</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Data 1</td>
                <td>Data 2</td>
                <td>Data 3</td>
                <td>Data 4</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Data 1</td>
                <td>Data 2</td>
                <td>Data 3</td>
                <td>Data 4</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Data 1</td>
                <td>Data 2</td>
                <td>Data 3</td>
                <td>Data 4</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Data 1</td>
                <td>Data 2</td>
              ...

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    var table =  $('#example');
    var tableOptions = {
        'bPaginate': true,
        'iDisplayLength': 5
    };
   table.DataTable(tableOptions);
   $('button.destroy_pager').on('click', function() {        
        table.DataTable().destroy()
        tableOptions.bPaginate = false;
        table.DataTable(tableOptions);
    });

    
});