diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/BaseCommand.cs b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/BaseCommand.cs
index c6548542..c7e6ac17 100644
--- a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/BaseCommand.cs
+++ b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/BaseCommand.cs
@@ -424,19 +424,19 @@ protected static void DisplayManifestPreview(Manifests manifests)
         /// Removes fields with empty string values from all manifests.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="manifests">Wrapper object containing the manifest object models.</param>
-        protected static void RemoveEmptyStringFieldsInManifests(Manifests manifests)
+        protected static void RemoveEmptyStringAndListFieldsInManifests(Manifests manifests)
         {
-            RemoveEmptyStringFields(manifests.InstallerManifest);
-            RemoveEmptyStringFields(manifests.DefaultLocaleManifest);
+            RemoveEmptyStringAndListFields(manifests.InstallerManifest);
+            RemoveEmptyStringAndListFields(manifests.DefaultLocaleManifest);
 
             foreach (var localeManifest in manifests.LocaleManifests)
             {
-                RemoveEmptyStringFields(localeManifest);
+                RemoveEmptyStringAndListFields(localeManifest);
             }
 
             foreach (var installer in manifests.InstallerManifest.Installers)
             {
-                RemoveEmptyStringFields(installer);
+                RemoveEmptyStringAndListFields(installer);
             }
         }
 
@@ -824,13 +824,16 @@ protected string GetPRTitle(Manifests currentManifest, Manifests repositoryManif
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Removes fields with empty string values from a given object.
+        /// Removes fields with empty string and list values from a given object.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="obj">Object to remove empty string fields from.</param>
-        private static void RemoveEmptyStringFields(object obj)
+        private static void RemoveEmptyStringAndListFields(object obj)
         {
             var stringProperties = obj.GetType().GetProperties()
                 .Where(p => p.PropertyType == typeof(string));
+            var listProperties = obj.GetType().GetProperties()
+                .Where(p => p.PropertyType.IsGenericType &&
+                            p.PropertyType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(List<>));
 
             foreach (var prop in stringProperties)
             {
@@ -839,6 +842,14 @@ private static void RemoveEmptyStringFields(object obj)
                     prop.SetValue(obj, null);
                 }
             }
+
+            foreach (var prop in listProperties)
+            {
+                if (prop.GetValue(obj) is IList list && list.Count == 0)
+                {
+                    prop.SetValue(obj, null);
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/NewCommand.cs b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/NewCommand.cs
index 169ff5e7..93670c72 100644
--- a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/NewCommand.cs
+++ b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/NewCommand.cs
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ public override async Task<bool> Execute()
                     PromptManifestProperties(manifests);
                     MergeNestedInstallerFilesIfApplicable(manifests.InstallerManifest);
                     ShiftInstallerFieldsToRootLevel(manifests.InstallerManifest);
-                    RemoveEmptyStringFieldsInManifests(manifests);
+                    RemoveEmptyStringAndListFieldsInManifests(manifests);
                     DisplayManifestPreview(manifests);
                     isManifestValid = ValidateManifestsInTempDir(manifests);
                 }
diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/UpdateCommand.cs b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/UpdateCommand.cs
index d7f5bf0c..1c4926dd 100644
--- a/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/UpdateCommand.cs
+++ b/src/WingetCreateCLI/Commands/UpdateCommand.cs
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ await this.UpdateManifestsInteractively(initialManifests) :
                 return false;
             }
 
-            RemoveEmptyStringFieldsInManifests(updatedManifests);
+            RemoveEmptyStringAndListFieldsInManifests(updatedManifests);
             ShiftInstallerFieldsToRootLevel(updatedManifests.InstallerManifest);
             DisplayManifestPreview(updatedManifests);
 
diff --git a/src/WingetCreateTests/WingetCreateTests/Resources/TestPublisher.EmptyFields.yaml b/src/WingetCreateTests/WingetCreateTests/Resources/TestPublisher.EmptyFields.yaml
index 30082d1c..17c22718 100644
--- a/src/WingetCreateTests/WingetCreateTests/Resources/TestPublisher.EmptyFields.yaml
+++ b/src/WingetCreateTests/WingetCreateTests/Resources/TestPublisher.EmptyFields.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,22 @@ Installers:
     PackageFamilyName: ''
 PrivacyUrl: ''
 Author: ''
+Platform: []
+InstallModes: []
+FileExtensions: []
+Commands: []
+AppsAndFeaturesEntries: []
+Protocols: []
+Capabilities: []
+UnsupportedArguments: []
+UnsupportedOSArchitectures: []
+RestrictedCapabilities: []
+NestedInstallerFiles: []
+ExpectedReturnCodes: []
+Tags: []
+Agreements: []
+Documentations: []
+Icons: []
 PackageLocale: en-US
 ManifestType: singleton
-ManifestVersion: 1.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
+ManifestVersion: 1.6.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WingetCreateTests/WingetCreateTests/UnitTests/UpdateCommandTests.cs b/src/WingetCreateTests/WingetCreateTests/UnitTests/UpdateCommandTests.cs
index 2e7d1924..9f516cf2 100644
--- a/src/WingetCreateTests/WingetCreateTests/UnitTests/UpdateCommandTests.cs
+++ b/src/WingetCreateTests/WingetCreateTests/UnitTests/UpdateCommandTests.cs
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public async Task UpdateMultipleUrlManifests()
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Verifies that any fields with empty string values are replaced with null so that they do not appear in the manifest output.
+        /// Verifies that any fields with empty string and list values are replaced with null so that they do not appear in the manifest output.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous unit test.</returns>
         [Test]
@@ -181,12 +181,31 @@ public async Task UpdateRemovesEmptyFields()
             ClassicAssert.IsTrue(updatedManifestContents.Any(), "Updated manifests were not created successfully");
 
             Manifests updatedManifests = Serialization.DeserializeManifestContents(updatedManifestContents);
+
+            // Empty string fields are removed
             ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.DefaultLocaleManifest.PrivacyUrl, "PrivacyUrl should be null.");
             ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.DefaultLocaleManifest.Author, "Author should be null.");
-
             var firstInstaller = updatedManifests.InstallerManifest.Installers.First();
             ClassicAssert.IsNull(firstInstaller.ProductCode, "ProductCode should be null.");
             ClassicAssert.IsNull(firstInstaller.PackageFamilyName, "ProductCode should be null.");
+
+            // Empty list fields are removed
+            ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.InstallerManifest.Platform, "Platform should be null.");
+            ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.InstallerManifest.InstallModes, "InstallModes should be null.");
+            ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.InstallerManifest.FileExtensions, "FileExtensions should be null.");
+            ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.InstallerManifest.Commands, "Commands should be null.");
+            ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.InstallerManifest.AppsAndFeaturesEntries, "AppsAndFeaturesEntries should be null.");
+            ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.InstallerManifest.Protocols, "Protocols should be null.");
+            ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.InstallerManifest.Capabilities, "Capabilities should be null.");
+            ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.InstallerManifest.UnsupportedArguments, "UnsupportedArguments should be null.");
+            ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.InstallerManifest.UnsupportedOSArchitectures, "UnsupportedOSArchitectures should be null.");
+            ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.InstallerManifest.RestrictedCapabilities, "RestrictedCapabilities should be null.");
+            ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.InstallerManifest.NestedInstallerFiles, "NestedInstallerFiles should be null.");
+            ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.InstallerManifest.ExpectedReturnCodes, "ExpectedReturnCodes should be null.");
+            ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.DefaultLocaleManifest.Tags, "Tags should be null.");
+            ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.DefaultLocaleManifest.Agreements, "Agreements should be null.");
+            ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.DefaultLocaleManifest.Documentations, "Documentations should be null.");
+            ClassicAssert.IsNull(updatedManifests.DefaultLocaleManifest.Icons, "Icons should be null.");
         }
 
         /// <summary>