Angular Material Datepicker Disable Previous Dates Example

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we can easily disable previous date material datepicker in angular 6, angular 7, angular 8, angular 9, angular 10, angular 11, angular 12, angular 13, angular 14, angular 15, angular 16 and angular 17 app.

In this example, we will add material design theme and then import some dependency module of datepicker. then we will simply write code of datepicker from angular document. angular material datepicker provide min and max attribute where you can set dates that you want to disabled it.

So, let's see bellow example from here:

Step 1: Create New App

You can easily create your angular app using bellow command:

ng new myDatepicker

Step 2: Add Material Design

Now in this step, we need to just install material design theme in our angular application. so let's add as like bellow:

ng add @angular/material

Cmd like bellow:

Installing packages for tooling via npm.
Installed packages for tooling via npm.
? Choose a prebuilt theme name, or "custom" for a custom theme: Indigo/Pink     
   [ Preview: https://material.angular.io?theme=indigo-pink ]
? Set up HammerJS for gesture recognition? Yes
? Set up browser animations for Angular Material? Yes

Step 3: Import Module

In third step, we need to import some dependency like MatDatepickerModule, MatNativeDateModule, MatInputModule. so let's add.

src/app/app.module.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
      
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
import { MatDatepickerModule } from '@angular/material/datepicker';
import { MatNativeDateModule } from '@angular/material/core';
import { MatFormFieldModule } from '@angular/material/form-field';
import { MatInputModule } from '@angular/material/input';
   
@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    AppComponent
  ],
  imports:      [
    BrowserModule, 
    BrowserAnimationsModule,
    MatDatepickerModule,
    MatNativeDateModule,
    MatFormFieldModule,
    MatInputModule 
  ],
  providers: [],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

Step 4: Updated ts file

Now in ts file, add bellow code:

src/app/app.component.html

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
  
@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
  title = 'my-app';
  
  minDate = new Date();
}

Step 5: Update html file

Now in view file, we will write code of input element with datepicker as like bellow:

src/app/app.component.html

<h1>how to disable previous date in datepicker using angular - ItSolutionStuff.Com</h1>
     
<mat-form-field>
  <input matInput [matDatepicker]="picker" [min]="minDate" placeholder="Choose a date">
  <mat-datepicker-toggle matSuffix [for]="picker"></mat-datepicker-toggle>
  <mat-datepicker #picker ></mat-datepicker>
</mat-form-field>

Now we are ready to run our example, you can run by following command:

ng serve

you will see layout as bellow:

I hope it can help you...