diff --git a/core/ui/EditTemplate/type.tid b/core/ui/EditTemplate/type.tid
index 59a9ed739..f93ea3f6c 100644
--- a/core/ui/EditTemplate/type.tid
+++ b/core/ui/EditTemplate/type.tid
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 title: $:/core/ui/EditTemplate/type
 tags: $:/tags/EditTemplate
 
-<p><em class="tw-edit">Type:</em> <$edit-text field="type" tag="input" default="" placeholder="type" focusPopup=<<qualify "$:/state/typeDropdown">> class="tw-edit-typeeditor"/> <$button popup=<<qualify "$:/state/typeDropdown">> class="btn-invisible btn-dropdown">{{$:/core/images/down-arrow}}</$button></p>
+<p><$fieldmangler><em class="tw-edit">Type:</em> <$edit-text field="type" tag="input" default="" placeholder="type" focusPopup=<<qualify "$:/state/typeDropdown">> class="tw-edit-typeeditor"/> <$button popup=<<qualify "$:/state/typeDropdown">> class="btn-invisible btn-dropdown">{{$:/core/images/down-arrow}}</$button> <$button message="tw-remove-field" param="type" class="btn-invisible btn-icon">{{$:/core/images/delete-button}}</$button></$fieldmangler></p>
 
 <div class="tw-block-dropdown-wrapper">
 <$reveal state=<<qualify "$:/state/typeDropdown">> type="nomatch" text="" default="">
diff --git a/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/base.tid b/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/base.tid
index 42d1e8bbe..34b9f8df0 100644
--- a/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/base.tid
+++ b/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/base.tid
@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ a.tw-tiddlylink-external {
 	border: none;
 }
 
+.btn-icon svg {
+	height: 1em;
+	width: 1em;
+	fill: #999;
+}
+
 .btn-big-green {
 	padding: 8px;
 	margin: 4px 8px 4px 8px;