diff --git a/src/localizablestring.ts b/src/localizablestring.ts
index 67799c4991..27a8510e93 100644
--- a/src/localizablestring.ts
+++ b/src/localizablestring.ts
@@ -105,19 +105,19 @@ export class LocalizableString implements ILocalizableString {
     var loc = this.locale;
     if (!loc) loc = this.defaultLoc;
     var res = this.getValue(loc);
-    if (!res && loc === this.defaultLoc) {
+    if (this.isValueEmpty(res) && loc === this.defaultLoc) {
       res = this.getValue(surveyLocalization.defaultLocale);
     }
-    if(!res) {
+    if(this.isValueEmpty(res)) {
       const dialect = this.getRootDialect(loc);
       if(!!dialect) {
         res = this.getValue(dialect);
       }
     }
-    if (!res && loc !== this.defaultLoc) {
+    if (this.isValueEmpty(res) && loc !== this.defaultLoc) {
       res = this.getValue(this.defaultLoc);
     }
-    if (!res && !!this.getLocalizationName()) {
+    if (this.isValueEmpty(res) && !!this.getLocalizationName()) {
       res = this.getLocalizationStr();
       if(!!this.onGetLocalizationTextCallback) {
         res = this.onGetLocalizationTextCallback(res);
@@ -141,47 +141,52 @@ export class LocalizableString implements ILocalizableString {
   public get hasHtml(): boolean {
     return this.hasHtmlValue();
   }
-  public get html() {
+  public get html(): string {
     if (!this.hasHtml) return "";
     return this.getHtmlValue();
   }
   public get isEmpty(): boolean {
     return this.getValuesKeys().length == 0;
   }
-  public get textOrHtml() {
+  public get textOrHtml(): string {
     return this.hasHtml ? this.getHtmlValue() : this.calculatedText;
   }
-  public get renderedHtml() {
+  public get renderedHtml(): string {
     return this.textOrHtml;
   }
   public getLocaleText(loc: string): string {
-    if (!loc) loc = this.defaultLoc;
-    var res = this.getValue(loc);
+    const res = this.getLocaleTextCore(loc);
     return res ? res : "";
   }
-  private getLocaleTextWithDefault(loc: string): string {
-    let res = this.getLocaleText(loc);
+  private getLocaleTextCore(loc: string): string {
+    if (!loc) loc = this.defaultLoc;
+    return this.getValue(loc);
+  }
+  private isLocaleTextEqualsWithDefault(loc: string, val: string): boolean {
+    let res = this.getLocaleTextCore(loc);
     if(!res && this.onGetDefaultTextCallback) {
-      return this.onGetDefaultTextCallback();
+      res = this.onGetDefaultTextCallback();
     }
-    return res;
+    if(res === val) return true;
+    return this.isValueEmpty(res) && this.isValueEmpty(val);
+  }
+  public clear(): void {
+    this.setJson(undefined);
   }
   public setLocaleText(loc: string, value: string): void {
     loc = this.getValueLoc(loc);
-    if (!this.storeDefaultText && value == this.getLocaleTextWithDefault(loc)) {
-      if(!!value || !!loc && loc !== this.defaultLoc) return;
+    if (!this.storeDefaultText && this.isLocaleTextEqualsWithDefault(loc, value)) {
+      if(!this.isValueEmpty(value) || !!loc && loc !== this.defaultLoc) return;
       let dl = surveyLocalization.defaultLocale;
       let oldValue = this.getValue(dl);
-      if(!!dl && !!oldValue) {
+      if(!!dl && !this.isValueEmpty(oldValue)) {
         this.setValue(dl, value);
         this.fireStrChanged(dl, oldValue);
       }
       return;
     }
     if (!settings.localization.storeDuplicatedTranslations &&
-      value &&
-      loc &&
-      loc != this.defaultLoc &&
+      !this.isValueEmpty(value) && loc && loc != this.defaultLoc &&
       !this.getValue(loc) &&
       value == this.getLocaleText(this.defaultLoc)
     )
@@ -190,7 +195,7 @@ export class LocalizableString implements ILocalizableString {
     if (!loc) loc = this.defaultLoc;
     var oldValue = this.onStrChanged && loc === curLoc ? this.pureText : undefined;
     delete (<any>this).htmlValues[loc];
-    if (!value) {
+    if (this.isValueEmpty(value)) {
       if (this.getValue(loc)) this.deleteValue(loc);
     } else {
       if (typeof value === "string") {
@@ -206,6 +211,11 @@ export class LocalizableString implements ILocalizableString {
     }
     this.fireStrChanged(loc, oldValue);
   }
+  private isValueEmpty(val: string): boolean {
+    if(val === undefined || val === null) return true;
+    if(this.localizationName) return false;
+    return val === "";
+  }
   private get curLocale(): string {
     return !!this.locale ? this.locale : this.defaultLoc;
   }
diff --git a/tests/localizablestringtests.ts b/tests/localizablestringtests.ts
index c2bf0efe99..2cabfc248f 100644
--- a/tests/localizablestringtests.ts
+++ b/tests/localizablestringtests.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,13 @@ import {
   LocalizableString,
   LocalizableStrings,
 } from "../src/localizablestring";
-import { JsonObject, propertyArray, Serializer } from "../src/jsonobject";
+import { JsonObject, Serializer } from "../src/jsonobject";
 import { ItemValue } from "../src/itemvalue";
 import { HashTable } from "../src/helpers";
 import { settings } from "../src/settings";
 import { surveyLocalization } from "../src/surveyStrings";
 import { englishStrings } from "../src/localization/english";
 import { Base } from "../src/base";
-import { Question } from "../src/question";
-import { SurveyElementCore } from "../src/survey-element";
 
 export default QUnit.module("LocalizableString");
 
@@ -810,3 +808,13 @@ QUnit.test("Support disableLocalization", function(assert) {
   locString.setJson("default-2");
   assert.deepEqual(locString.getJson(), "default-2", "#4");
 });
+QUnit.test("Allow to set empty string if there is localization name", function(assert) {
+  var owner = new LocalizableOwnerTester("");
+  var locString = new LocalizableString(owner, true);
+  locString.localizationName = "completeText";
+  assert.equal(locString.renderedHtml, "Complete", "get value from localizationName, renderedHtml");
+  assert.equal(locString.text, "Complete", "get value from localizationName, text");
+  locString.text = "";
+  assert.equal(locString.renderedHtml, "", "empty rendred html");
+  assert.equal(locString.text, "", "empty text");
+});
diff --git a/tests/surveyserializationtests.ts b/tests/surveyserializationtests.ts
index 11dddaa04a..252d3ace57 100644
--- a/tests/surveyserializationtests.ts
+++ b/tests/surveyserializationtests.ts
@@ -715,4 +715,22 @@ QUnit.test("choiceValuesFromQuestion properties visibility", function (assert) {
   assert.equal(propMode.visibleIf(col2), false, "col2.choicesFromQuestionMode");
   assert.equal(propValues.visibleIf(col2), true, "col2.choiceValuesFromQuestion");
   assert.equal(propTexts.visibleIf(col2), true, "col2.choiceTextsFromQuestion");
+});
+QUnit.test("Allow to save empty string for localization strings & strings with default value", function (assert) {
+  const survey = new SurveyModel({
+    questions: [
+      { name: "q1", type: "dropdown", choices: [1, 2, 3] }
+    ]
+  });
+  const q1 = <QuestionDropdownModel>survey.getQuestionByName("q1");
+  assert.equal(q1.placeholder, "Select...", "Default string for placeholder");
+  q1.placeholder = "test";
+  assert.equal(q1.placeholder, "test", "set value for placeholder");
+  q1.placeholder = "";
+  assert.equal(q1.placeholder, "", "set empty string for placeholder");
+  assert.strictEqual(q1.locPlaceholder.getJson(), "", "JSON has empty string");
+  q1.placeholder = "test";
+  assert.equal(q1.placeholder, "test", "set value for placeholder, #2");
+  q1.locPlaceholder.clear();
+  assert.equal(q1.placeholder, "Select...", "Clear value for placeholder");
 });
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