diff --git a/modoboa/admin/api/v2/serializers.py b/modoboa/admin/api/v2/serializers.py
index de29a9f21..49dbb27ff 100644
--- a/modoboa/admin/api/v2/serializers.py
+++ b/modoboa/admin/api/v2/serializers.py
@@ -725,10 +725,14 @@ class AliasSerializer(v1_serializers.AliasSerializer):
 class UserForwardSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
     """Serializer to define user forward."""
 
-    recipients = serializers.CharField(required=False)
+    recipients = serializers.CharField(
+        required=False, allow_blank=True, allow_null=True
+    )
     keepcopies = serializers.BooleanField(default=False)
 
     def validate_recipients(self, value):
+        if not value:
+            return value
         value = value.strip()
         recipients = []
         if not value:
diff --git a/modoboa/admin/api/v2/tests.py b/modoboa/admin/api/v2/tests.py
index 3cfdb869d..155ce5e6e 100644
--- a/modoboa/admin/api/v2/tests.py
+++ b/modoboa/admin/api/v2/tests.py
@@ -727,12 +727,24 @@ class UserAccountViewSetTestCase(ModoAPITestCase):
         url = reverse("v2:user_account-forward")
         resp = self.client.get(url)
         self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
-        self.assertNotIn("recipients", resp.json())
+        self.assertIs(resp.json()["recipients"], None)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            models.Alias.objects.filter(
+                internal=False, address=self.da.username
+            ).count(),
+            0,
+        )
 
         data = {"recipients": "user@domain.ext"}
         resp = self.client.post(url, data, format="json")
         self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
         self.assertEqual(self.da.mailbox.aliasrecipient_set.count(), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            models.Alias.objects.filter(
+                internal=False, address=self.da.username
+            ).count(),
+            1,
+        )
 
         data = {"recipients": "user@domain.ext", "keepcopies": True}
         resp = self.client.post(url, data, format="json")
@@ -753,6 +765,16 @@ class UserAccountViewSetTestCase(ModoAPITestCase):
             models.Alias.objects.filter(address=self.da.username).count(), 1
         )
 
+        data = {"recipients": "", "keepcopies": False}
+        resp = self.client.post(url, data, format="json")
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            models.Alias.objects.filter(
+                internal=False, address=self.da.username
+            ).count(),
+            0,
+        )
+
 
 class AlarmViewSetTestCase(ModoAPITestCase):
     @classmethod