diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/action-deletefield.js b/core/modules/widgets/action-deletefield.js
index 0669e97d4..ad05c331c 100644
--- a/core/modules/widgets/action-deletefield.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/action-deletefield.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Compute the internal state of the widget
 */
 DeleteFieldWidget.prototype.execute = function() {
 	this.actionTiddler = this.getAttribute("$tiddler",this.getVariable("currentTiddler"));
+	this.actionField = this.getAttribute("$field");
 };
 
 /*
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ DeleteFieldWidget.prototype.invokeAction = function(triggeringWidget,event) {
 	var self = this,
 		tiddler = this.wiki.getTiddler(self.actionTiddler),
 		removeFields = {};
+	if(this.actionField) {
+		removeFields[this.actionField] = undefined;
+	}
 	if(tiddler) {
 		$tw.utils.each(this.attributes,function(attribute,name) {
 			if(name.charAt(0) !== "$" && name !== "title") {
diff --git a/core/ui/EditTemplate/fields.tid b/core/ui/EditTemplate/fields.tid
index 2a4e21a58..0cc0b1189 100644
--- a/core/ui/EditTemplate/fields.tid
+++ b/core/ui/EditTemplate/fields.tid
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ $:/config/EditTemplateFields/Visibility/$(currentField)$
 \define config-filter()
 [[hide]] -[title{$(config-title)$}]
 \end
-<$fieldmangler>
 <div class="tc-edit-fields">
 <table class="tc-edit-fields">
 <tbody>
@@ -21,7 +20,10 @@ $:/config/EditTemplateFields/Visibility/$(currentField)$
 <$edit-text tiddler=<<currentTiddler>> field=<<currentField>> placeholder={{$:/language/EditTemplate/Fields/Add/Value/Placeholder}}/>
 </td>
 <td class="tc-edit-field-remove">
-<$button message="tm-remove-field" param=<<currentField>> class="tc-btn-invisible">{{$:/core/images/delete-button}}</$button>
+<$button class="tc-btn-invisible">
+<$action-deletefield $field=<<currentField>>/>
+{{$:/core/images/delete-button}}
+</$button>
 </td>
 </tr>
 </$list>
@@ -49,5 +51,3 @@ $:/config/EditTemplateFields/Visibility/$(currentField)$
 </$button>
 </span>
 </div>
-
-</$fieldmangler>
diff --git a/editions/prerelease/tiddlers/ActionDeleteFieldWidget.tid b/editions/prerelease/tiddlers/ActionDeleteFieldWidget.tid
index d01703131..d0b1a8f05 100644
--- a/editions/prerelease/tiddlers/ActionDeleteFieldWidget.tid
+++ b/editions/prerelease/tiddlers/ActionDeleteFieldWidget.tid
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ The ''action-deletefield'' widget is invisible. Any content within it is ignored
 
 |!Attribute |!Description |
 |$tiddler |The title of the tiddler whose fields are to be modified (if not provided defaults to the [[WidgetVariable: currentTiddler]] |
+|$field |Optional name of a field to delete |
 |//{any attributes not starting with $}// |Each attribute name specifies a field to be deleted. The attribute value is ignored and need not be specified |
 
 ! Examples
@@ -34,3 +35,11 @@ src='<$button>
 <$action-deletefield $tiddler="HelloThere" modified tags/>
 Delete "modified" and "tags" from ~HelloThere
 </$button>'/>
+
+Here is an example of a button that uses the optional $field attribute to delete the text field of the tiddler HelloThere:
+
+<$macrocall $name='wikitext-example-without-html'
+src='<$button>
+<$action-deletefield $tiddler="HelloThere" $field="text"/>
+Delete text from ~HelloThere
+</$button>'/>