diff --git a/src/app/core/admin/admin-entity-details/admin-entity-field/admin-entity-field.component.ts b/src/app/core/admin/admin-entity-details/admin-entity-field/admin-entity-field.component.ts
index 2de05c091a..eb53dd6f46 100644
--- a/src/app/core/admin/admin-entity-details/admin-entity-field/admin-entity-field.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/admin/admin-entity-details/admin-entity-field/admin-entity-field.component.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import { merge } from "rxjs";
 import { filter } from "rxjs/operators";
 import { uniqueIdValidator } from "app/core/common-components/entity-form/unique-id-validator/unique-id-validator";
 import { ConfigureEntityFieldValidatorComponent } from "./configure-entity-field-validator/configure-entity-field-validator.component";
-import { DynamicValidator } from "app/core/common-components/entity-form/dynamic-form-validators/form-validator-config";
+import { FormValidatorConfig } from "app/core/common-components/entity-form/dynamic-form-validators/form-validator-config";
 import { AnonymizeOptionsComponent } from "app/core/common-components/anonymize-options/anonymize-options.component";
 import { MatCheckbox } from "@angular/material/checkbox";
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export class AdminEntityFieldComponent implements OnChanges {
     }
   }
 
-  entityFieldValidatorChanges(validatorData: DynamicValidator) {
+  entityFieldValidatorChanges(validatorData: FormValidatorConfig) {
     this.schemaFieldsForm.get("validators").setValue(validatorData);
   }
   private autoGenerateId() {
diff --git a/src/app/core/admin/admin-entity-details/admin-entity-field/configure-entity-field-validator/configure-entity-field-validator.component.spec.ts b/src/app/core/admin/admin-entity-details/admin-entity-field/configure-entity-field-validator/configure-entity-field-validator.component.spec.ts
index 57c6788bb1..6d639b4d23 100644
--- a/src/app/core/admin/admin-entity-details/admin-entity-field/configure-entity-field-validator/configure-entity-field-validator.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/admin/admin-entity-details/admin-entity-field/configure-entity-field-validator/configure-entity-field-validator.component.spec.ts
@@ -49,4 +49,28 @@ describe("ConfigureEntityFieldValidatorComponent", () => {
   it("should create", () => {
     expect(component).toBeTruthy();
   });
+
+  it("should remove unchanged default values before emitting output", () => {
+    // set up
+    const testFormValues = {
+      required: true,
+      min: null,
+      max: 100,
+      regex: "abc",
+      validEmail: false,
+      uniqueId: "",
+    };
+
+    // execute
+    const actualResult =
+      component.removeDefaultValuesFromValidatorConfig(testFormValues);
+
+    // check result
+    const expectedResult = {
+      required: true,
+      max: 100,
+      regex: "abc",
+    };
+    expect(actualResult).toEqual(expectedResult);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/core/admin/admin-entity-details/admin-entity-field/configure-entity-field-validator/configure-entity-field-validator.component.ts b/src/app/core/admin/admin-entity-details/admin-entity-field/configure-entity-field-validator/configure-entity-field-validator.component.ts
index e62cff5085..ed807ad311 100644
--- a/src/app/core/admin/admin-entity-details/admin-entity-field/configure-entity-field-validator/configure-entity-field-validator.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/admin/admin-entity-details/admin-entity-field/configure-entity-field-validator/configure-entity-field-validator.component.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from "@angular/forms";
 import { MatCheckboxModule } from "@angular/material/checkbox";
 import { EntitySchemaField } from "app/core/entity/schema/entity-schema-field";
-import { DynamicValidator } from "app/core/common-components/entity-form/dynamic-form-validators/form-validator-config";
+import { FormValidatorConfig } from "app/core/common-components/entity-form/dynamic-form-validators/form-validator-config";
 import { CommonModule } from "@angular/common";
 import { HelpButtonComponent } from "../../../../common-components/help-button/help-button.component";
 
@@ -28,8 +28,17 @@ import { HelpButtonComponent } from "../../../../common-components/help-button/h
 })
 export class ConfigureEntityFieldValidatorComponent implements OnInit {
   validatorForm: FormGroup;
+
+  /**
+   * the field definition with the currently existing validator settings to be edited
+   */
   @Input() entitySchemaField: EntitySchemaField;
-  @Output() entityValidatorChanges = new EventEmitter<DynamicValidator>();
+
+  /**
+   * Emit the latest state of the validators config whenever the user changed it in the displayed form.
+   */
+  @Output() entityValidatorChanges = new EventEmitter<FormValidatorConfig>();
+
   constructor(private fb: FormBuilder) {}
 
   ngOnInit() {
@@ -58,7 +67,31 @@ export class ConfigureEntityFieldValidatorComponent implements OnInit {
     }
 
     this.validatorForm.valueChanges.subscribe((value) => {
-      this.entityValidatorChanges.emit(this.validatorForm.getRawValue());
+      const rawValues = this.validatorForm.getRawValue();
+      const cleanedValues =
+        this.removeDefaultValuesFromValidatorConfig(rawValues);
+
+      this.entityValidatorChanges.emit(cleanedValues);
     });
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Removes default fields and returns a validator config that only contains explicitly activated validators.
+   * @param validators form values including default values that are unchanged
+   */
+  removeDefaultValuesFromValidatorConfig(
+    validators: FormValidatorConfig,
+  ): FormValidatorConfig {
+    for (let key of Object.keys(validators)) {
+      if (isDefaultValue(validators[key])) {
+        delete validators[key];
+      }
+    }
+
+    function isDefaultValue(value): boolean {
+      return value === false || value === "" || value === null;
+    }
+
+    return validators;
+  }
 }