diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/form/ChannelSubForm.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/form/ChannelSubForm.tsx
index 9a767ebedb9..a239b3400db 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/form/ChannelSubForm.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/receivers/form/ChannelSubForm.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { sortBy } from 'lodash';
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import * as React from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { Controller, FieldErrors, FieldValues, useFormContext } from 'react-hook-form';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ export function ChannelSubForm<R extends ChannelValues>({
     return () => subscription.unsubscribe();
   }, [selectedType, initialValues, setValue, fieldName, watch]);
 
-  const [_secureFields, setSecureFields] = useState(secureFields ?? {});
+  const [_secureFields, setSecureFields] = useState<Record<string, boolean | ''>>(secureFields ?? {});
 
   const onResetSecureField = (key: string) => {
     if (_secureFields[key]) {
       const updatedSecureFields = { ..._secureFields };
-      delete updatedSecureFields[key];
+      updatedSecureFields[key] = '';
       setSecureFields(updatedSecureFields);
       setValue(`${pathPrefix}.secureFields`, updatedSecureFields);
     }
diff --git a/public/app/types/alerting.ts b/public/app/types/alerting.ts
index 3d86f9e3d5b..ac0ad119cce 100644
--- a/public/app/types/alerting.ts
+++ b/public/app/types/alerting.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export interface NotificationChannelDTO {
 }
 
 export type NotificationChannelSecureSettings = Record<string, string | number>;
-export type NotificationChannelSecureFields = Record<string, boolean>;
+export type NotificationChannelSecureFields = Record<string, boolean | ''>;
 
 export interface ChannelTypeSettings {
   [key: string]: any;