If I'm not mistaken, there seems to be no way to use defaultValue, like it is possible on an input.
Actually Cleave component is kinda uncontrolled input components.
To set a default value for Cleave component, you can pass value="some_value" in. some_value should match the initial state value outside.
Doc updated:
https://github.com/nosir/cleave.js/blob/master/doc/reactjs-component-usage.md#how-to-pass-default-value
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Actually Cleave component is kinda uncontrolled input components.
To set a default value for Cleave component, you can pass
value="some_value"in.some_valueshould match the initialstatevalue outside.