use \date{} before "\begin{document}"

Also ensure that you dont have any variation of this in your code. {\large \today}

A blank \date{} will still use some vertical spacing. Check this post on TeX Exchange for a comprehensive list of alternatives, like the titling package.

The command

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
    \title{text}
    \author{names}
    \maketitle
    \date{}
\end{document}

will give the out put as shown here:

But the code:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
    \title{text}
    \author{names}
    \date{}
    \maketitle
\end{document}

will give the desired output, I believe, you want:

The command \date{} should be put after \author{names} and before \maketitle.

The exact code snippet to "copy and paste" is as follows:

\date{}
\begin{document}