diff --git a/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/components/dot-category-field-chips/dot-category-field-chips.component.html b/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/components/dot-category-field-chips/dot-category-field-chips.component.html
index a3bf0f1018ef..79ce65c9391f 100644
--- a/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/components/dot-category-field-chips/dot-category-field-chips.component.html
+++ b/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/components/dot-category-field-chips/dot-category-field-chips.component.html
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
         [removable]="true"
         [label]="category.value"
         tooltipPosition="top"
-        styleClass="p-chip-sm" />
+        styleClass="p-chip-sm"
+        (onRemove)="remove.emit(category.key)" />
     } @if ($showAllBtn()) {
     <button
         (click)="toogleShowAll()"
diff --git a/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/components/dot-category-field-chips/dot-category-field-chips.component.spec.ts b/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/components/dot-category-field-chips/dot-category-field-chips.component.spec.ts
index a454ab2c0f7b..f907090a664a 100644
--- a/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/components/dot-category-field-chips/dot-category-field-chips.component.spec.ts
+++ b/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/components/dot-category-field-chips/dot-category-field-chips.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createComponentFactory, Spectator } from '@ngneat/spectator/jest';
+import { byTestId, createComponentFactory, Spectator } from '@ngneat/spectator/jest';
 
 import { ButtonModule, ButtonDirective } from 'primeng/button';
 import { ChipModule, Chip } from 'primeng/chip';
@@ -85,15 +85,33 @@ describe('DotCategoryFieldChipsComponent', () => {
 
     describe('toogleShowAll', () => {
         it('should set showAll to true', () => {
+            spectator.setInput('max', 2);
+            spectator.component.$showAll.set(true);
+            spectator.detectChanges();
+            const showBtn = spectator.query(byTestId('show-btn'));
+            spectator.click(showBtn);
+            expect(spectator.component.$showAll()).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('should set showAll to false', () => {
+            spectator.setInput('max', 2);
             spectator.component.$showAll.set(false);
-            spectator.component.toogleShowAll();
+            spectator.detectChanges();
+            const showBtn = spectator.query(byTestId('show-btn'));
+            spectator.click(showBtn);
             expect(spectator.component.$showAll()).toBe(true);
         });
+    });
 
-        it('should set showAll to false', () => {
+    describe('onRemove', () => {
+        it('should call the output', () => {
+            const removeSpy = jest.spyOn(spectator.component.remove, 'emit');
+            spectator.setInput('max', 2);
             spectator.component.$showAll.set(true);
-            spectator.component.toogleShowAll();
-            expect(spectator.component.$showAll()).toBe(false);
+            spectator.detectChanges();
+            const chips = spectator.queryAll(Chip);
+            chips[0].onRemove.emit();
+            expect(removeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(CATEGORIES_KEY_VALUE[0].key);
         });
     });
 });
diff --git a/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/components/dot-category-field-chips/dot-category-field-chips.component.ts b/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/components/dot-category-field-chips/dot-category-field-chips.component.ts
index a1dbc3611338..528cbfee5e20 100644
--- a/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/components/dot-category-field-chips/dot-category-field-chips.component.ts
+++ b/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/components/dot-category-field-chips/dot-category-field-chips.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, computed, inject, input, signal } from '@angular/core';
+import {
+    ChangeDetectionStrategy,
+    Component,
+    computed,
+    EventEmitter,
+    inject,
+    input,
+    Output,
+    signal
+} from '@angular/core';
 
 import { ButtonModule } from 'primeng/button';
 import { ChipModule } from 'primeng/chip';
@@ -20,7 +29,10 @@ import { DotCategoryFieldKeyValueObj } from '../../models/dot-category-field.mod
     standalone: true,
     imports: [ButtonModule, ChipModule, TooltipModule],
     templateUrl: './dot-category-field-chips.component.html',
-    changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush
+    changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
+    host: {
+        class: 'dot-category-field__categories'
+    }
 })
 export class DotCategoryFieldChipsComponent {
     /**
@@ -96,6 +108,12 @@ export class DotCategoryFieldChipsComponent {
 
         return null;
     });
+    /**
+     * Represents the output 'remove' which is of type 'EventEmitter<string>'.
+     *
+     * @memberof DotCategoryFieldChipsComponent
+     */
+    @Output() remove = new EventEmitter<string>();
     /**
      * Method to toogle the show all categories.
      *
diff --git a/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/dot-edit-content-category-field.component.html b/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/dot-edit-content-category-field.component.html
index 16fa93ebf57b..ad9be24a5ff0 100644
--- a/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/dot-edit-content-category-field.component.html
+++ b/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/dot-edit-content-category-field.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 @if (store.selected().length) {
-<div class="dot-category-field__categories" data-testId="category-chip-list">
-    <dot-category-field-chips [categories]="store.selected()" />
-</div>
+<dot-category-field-chips
+    data-testId="category-chip-list"
+    [categories]="store.selected()"
+    (remove)="store.removeSelected($event)" />
+
 }
 
 <div class="dot-category-field__select">
diff --git a/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/dot-edit-content-category-field.component.spec.ts b/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/dot-edit-content-category-field.component.spec.ts
index 72c6055d8073..ba7729a2d760 100644
--- a/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/dot-edit-content-category-field.component.spec.ts
+++ b/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/dot-edit-content-category-field.component.spec.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const FAKE_FORM_GROUP = new FormGroup({
 
 describe('DotEditContentCategoryFieldComponent', () => {
     let spectator: Spectator<DotEditContentCategoryFieldComponent>;
+    let store: InstanceType<typeof CategoryFieldStore>;
 
     const createComponent = createComponentFactory({
         component: DotEditContentCategoryFieldComponent,
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ describe('DotEditContentCategoryFieldComponent', () => {
                 field: CATEGORY_FIELD_MOCK
             }
         });
+        store = spectator.inject(CategoryFieldStore, true);
 
         spectator.detectChanges();
     });
@@ -80,6 +82,15 @@ describe('DotEditContentCategoryFieldComponent', () => {
         it('should display the category list with chips when there are categories', () => {
             expect(spectator.query(byTestId('category-chip-list'))).not.toBeNull();
         });
+
+        it('should categoryFieldControl has the values loaded on the store', () => {
+            const categoryValue = spectator.component.categoryFieldControl.value;
+
+            expect(categoryValue).toEqual([
+                '1f208488057007cedda0e0b5d52ee3b3',
+                'cb83dc32c0a198fd0ca427b3b587f4ce'
+            ]);
+        });
     });
 
     describe('Interactions', () => {
@@ -118,8 +129,6 @@ describe('DotEditContentCategoryFieldComponent', () => {
         });
 
         it('should remove DotEditContentCategoryFieldSidebarComponent when `closedSidebar` emit', fakeAsync(() => {
-            const formMock = spectator.inject(ControlContainer, true).control as FormGroup;
-            const setValueSpy = jest.spyOn(formMock.get(CATEGORY_FIELD_VARIABLE_NAME), 'setValue');
             const selectBtn = spectator.query(byTestId('show-sidebar-btn')) as HTMLButtonElement;
 
             expect(selectBtn).not.toBeNull();
@@ -141,12 +150,40 @@ describe('DotEditContentCategoryFieldComponent', () => {
             // Check if the button is enabled again
             expect(selectBtn.disabled).toBe(false);
 
-            // Check if the form is updated
+            // Check if the form has the correct value
+            const categoryValue = spectator.component.categoryFieldControl.value;
 
-            expect(setValueSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
+            expect(categoryValue).toEqual([
                 '1f208488057007cedda0e0b5d52ee3b3',
                 'cb83dc32c0a198fd0ca427b3b587f4ce'
             ]);
         }));
+
+        it('should set categoryFieldControl value when adding a new category', () => {
+            store.addSelected({
+                key: '1234',
+                value: 'test'
+            });
+
+            spectator.flushEffects();
+
+            const categoryValue = spectator.component.categoryFieldControl.value;
+
+            expect(categoryValue).toEqual([
+                '1f208488057007cedda0e0b5d52ee3b3',
+                'cb83dc32c0a198fd0ca427b3b587f4ce',
+                '1234'
+            ]);
+        });
+
+        it('should set categoryFieldControl value when removing a category', () => {
+            store.removeSelected('1f208488057007cedda0e0b5d52ee3b3');
+
+            spectator.flushEffects();
+
+            const categoryValue = spectator.component.categoryFieldControl.value;
+
+            expect(categoryValue).toEqual(['cb83dc32c0a198fd0ca427b3b587f4ce']);
+        });
     });
 });
diff --git a/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/dot-edit-content-category-field.component.ts b/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/dot-edit-content-category-field.component.ts
index 2ec13659f1ac..1413be622d92 100644
--- a/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/dot-edit-content-category-field.component.ts
+++ b/core-web/libs/edit-content/src/lib/fields/dot-edit-content-category-field/dot-edit-content-category-field.component.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
     Component,
     ComponentRef,
     DestroyRef,
+    effect,
     inject,
     input,
     OnInit,
@@ -117,6 +118,13 @@ export class DotEditContentCategoryFieldComponent implements OnInit {
         this.setSidebarListener();
     }
 
+    constructor() {
+        effect(() => {
+            const categoryValues = this.store.selectedCategoriesValues();
+            this.categoryFieldControl.setValue(categoryValues);
+        });
+    }
+
     ngOnInit(): void {
         this.store.load(this.field(), this.contentlet());
     }
@@ -125,17 +133,12 @@ export class DotEditContentCategoryFieldComponent implements OnInit {
         this.#componentRef.instance.closedSidebar
             .pipe(takeUntilDestroyed(this.#destroyRef), delay(CLOSE_SIDEBAR_CSS_DELAY_MS))
             .subscribe(() => {
-                this.updateCategoryFieldControl();
                 // enable the show sidebar button
                 this.disableSelectCategoriesButton.set(false);
                 this.removeDotCategoryFieldSidebarComponent();
             });
     }
 
-    private updateCategoryFieldControl(): void {
-        this.categoryFieldControl.setValue(this.store.selectedCategoriesValues());
-    }
-
     private removeDotCategoryFieldSidebarComponent() {
         this.sidebarHost.viewContainerRef.clear();
     }