How to disable the icon inside a ion-input field

Ionic Framework Ionic Angular
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Hey folk,
i am using an ion-input field of type date which adds a calendar like icon that i cant disable, can anyone please help. See image below:
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Remove the date type. If you need a date input just use the ion-datetime component.

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that doesnt Help me since the ion-datetime component requires Input as ISO String.