diff --git a/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/Browser.react.js b/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/Browser.react.js
index 57dfe57af..c14ac3ff0 100644
--- a/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/Browser.react.js
+++ b/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/Browser.react.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import { ActionTypes as ConfigActionTypes } from 'lib/stores/ConfigStore';
 import { getStore } from 'lib/stores/StoreManager';
 import stringCompare from 'lib/stringCompare';
 import subscribeTo from 'lib/subscribeTo';
+import unsetField from 'lib/unsetField';
 import { withRouter } from 'lib/withRouter';
 import FilterPreferencesManager from 'lib/FilterPreferencesManager';
 import { prefersServerStorage } from 'lib/StoragePreferences';
@@ -1859,14 +1860,14 @@ class Browser extends DashboardView {
       return;
     }
     if (value === undefined) {
-      obj.unset(attr);
+      obj = unsetField(obj, attr, isNewObject || isEditCloneObj);
     } else {
       obj.set(attr, value);
     }
 
     if (isNewObject) {
       this.setState({
-        isNewObject: obj,
+        newObject: obj,
       });
       return;
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/tests/unsetField.test.js b/src/lib/tests/unsetField.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec02258bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/tests/unsetField.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-present, Parse, LLC
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the license found in the LICENSE file in
+ * the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+jest.dontMock('../unsetField');
+
+const unsetField = require('../unsetField').default;
+const Parse = require('parse');
+
+describe('unsetField', () => {
+  it('clears a field on an unsaved object without a Delete op', () => {
+    const obj = new Parse.Object('Test');
+    obj.set('username', 'bob');
+    obj.set('authData', {});
+    const json = unsetField(obj, 'username', true)._getSaveJSON();
+    expect(json.username).toBe(undefined);
+    expect(json.authData).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the Delete op when unsetting a field on a saved object', () => {
+    const obj = Parse.Object.fromJSON({ className: 'Test', objectId: 'abc', username: 'bob' });
+    expect(unsetField(obj, 'username', false)._getSaveJSON().username).toEqual({ __op: 'Delete' });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/unsetField.js b/src/lib/unsetField.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81a775cbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/unsetField.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-present, Parse, LLC
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the license found in the LICENSE file in
+ * the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+export default function unsetField(obj, attr, isUnsaved) {
+  obj.unset(attr);
+  return isUnsaved ? obj.clone() : obj;
+}