diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_translate.py b/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_translate.py
index ab0a852910a..715d1b778a5 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_translate.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_translate.py
@@ -481,6 +481,58 @@ class TestTranslationWrite(TransactionCase):
         ])
       
 
+    def test_05_remove_multi(self):
+        self.env['res.lang'].load_lang('fr_FR')
+
+        langs = self.env['res.lang'].get_installed()
+        self.assertEqual([('en_US', 'English (US)'), ('fr_FR', 'French / Français')], langs,
+            "Test did not started with expected languages")
+
+        belgium = self.env.ref('base.be')
+        # vat_label is translatable and not required
+        belgium.with_context(lang='en_US').write({'vat_label': 'VAT'})
+
+        # create translations if not exists
+        self.env['ir.translation']._upsert_translations([{
+            'type': 'model',
+            'name': 'res.country,vat_label',
+            'lang': 'en_US',
+            'res_id': belgium.id,
+            'src': 'VAT',
+            'value': 'VAT',
+            'state': 'translated',
+        }, {
+            'type': 'model',
+            'name': 'res.country,vat_label',
+            'lang': 'fr_FR',
+            'res_id': belgium.id,
+            'src': 'VAT',
+            'value': 'TVA',
+            'state': 'translated',
+        }])
+
+        # remove the value
+        belgium.with_context(lang='fr_FR').write({'vat_label': False})
+        # should recover the initial value from db
+        self.assertEqual(
+            False, belgium.with_context(lang='fr_FR').vat_label,
+            "Value was not reset"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            False, belgium.with_context(lang='en_US').vat_label,
+            "Value was not reset in other languages"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            False, belgium.with_context(lang=None).vat_label,
+            "Value was not reset on the field model"
+        )
+
+        translations = self.env['ir.translation'].search([
+            ('name', '=', 'res.country,vat_label'),
+            ('res_id', '=', belgium.id),
+        ])
+        self.assertEqual(len(translations), 0, "Translations were not removed")
+
     def test_field_selection(self):
         """ Test translations of field selections. """
         field = self.env['ir.model']._fields['state']
diff --git a/odoo/fields.py b/odoo/fields.py
index dc685d7885b..2576fd770ac 100644
--- a/odoo/fields.py
+++ b/odoo/fields.py
@@ -1435,8 +1435,8 @@ class _String(Field):
                 update_column = True
                 update_trans = True
             elif lang != 'en_US':
-                # update the translations only
-                update_column = False
+                # update the translations only except if emptying
+                update_column = cache_value is None
                 update_trans = True
 
         # update towrite if modifying the source
@@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@ class _String(Field):
             for rid in real_recs._ids:
                 # cache_value is already in database format
                 towrite[rid][self.name] = cache_value
-            if self.translate is True:
+            if self.translate is True and cache_value is not None:
                 tname = "%s,%s" % (records._name, self.name)
                 records.env['ir.translation']._set_source(tname, real_recs._ids, value)
 
@@ -1464,7 +1464,13 @@ class _String(Field):
                     source_recs[self.name] = value
                     source_value = value
                 tname = "%s,%s" % (self.model_name, self.name)
-                if single_lang:
+                if value is None:
+                    records.env['ir.translation'].search([
+                        ('name', '=', tname),
+                        ('type', '=', 'model'),
+                        ('res_id', 'in', real_recs._ids)
+                    ]).unlink()
+                elif single_lang:
                     records.env['ir.translation']._update_translations([dict(
                         src=source_value,
                         value=value,