Try this $(“#datepicker”).datepicker({ format: “yyyy”, viewMode: “years”, minViewMode: “years” }); <script src=”https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js”></script> <script src=”https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.6.4/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js”></script> <link href=”https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.6.4/css/bootstrap-datepicker.css” rel=”stylesheet”/> <script src=”https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js”></script> <link href=”https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css” rel=”stylesheet”/> <input type=”text” id=”datepicker” /> $(“#datepicker”).datepicker( { format: ” yyyy”, // Notice the Extra space at the beginning viewMode: “years”, minViewMode: “years” });