diff --git a/demo/collections/Admin.ts b/demo/collections/Admin.ts
index 66b2e29560..9fdef8f80b 100644
--- a/demo/collections/Admin.ts
+++ b/demo/collections/Admin.ts
@@ -44,23 +44,17 @@ const Admin: PayloadCollectionConfig = {
       saveToJWT: true,
       hasMany: true,
     },
+    {
+      name: 'publicUser',
+      type: 'relationship',
+      hasMany: true,
+      relationTo: 'public-users',
+    },
     {
       name: 'apiKey',
       type: 'text',
       access: {
-        read: ({ req: { user } }) => {
-          if (checkRole(['admin'], user)) {
-            return true;
-          }
-
-          if (user) {
-            return {
-              email: user.email,
-            };
-          }
-
-          return false;
-        },
+        read: ({ req: { user } }) => checkRole(['admin'], user),
       },
     },
   ],
diff --git a/demo/collections/RelationshipB.ts b/demo/collections/RelationshipB.ts
index bced99d8c9..faa780fd0e 100644
--- a/demo/collections/RelationshipB.ts
+++ b/demo/collections/RelationshipB.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const RelationshipB: PayloadCollectionConfig = {
       label: 'Localized Posts',
       type: 'relationship',
       hasMany: true,
-      relationTo: 'localized-posts',
+      relationTo: ['localized-posts', 'previewable-post'],
     },
   ],
   timestamps: true,
diff --git a/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/Relationship/index.tsx b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/Relationship/index.tsx
index 3744d8e1e5..163ab80c3a 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/Relationship/index.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/Relationship/index.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { PaginatedDocs } from '../../../../../collections/config/types';
 import { useFormProcessing } from '../../Form/context';
 import optionsReducer from './optionsReducer';
 import { Props, OptionsPage, Option, ValueWithRelation } from './types';
+import useDebounce from '../../../../hooks/useDebounce';
 
 import './index.scss';
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ const Relationship: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
   const [search, setSearch] = useState('');
   const [errorLoading, setErrorLoading] = useState(false);
   const [hasLoadedFirstOptions, setHasLoadedFirstOptions] = useState(false);
+  const debouncedSearch = useDebounce(search, 120);
 
   const memoizedValidate = useCallback((value) => {
     const validationResult = validate(value, { required });
@@ -79,6 +81,41 @@ const Relationship: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
     dispatchOptions({ type: 'ADD', data, relation, hasMultipleRelations, collection });
   }, [collections, hasMultipleRelations]);
 
+  const getResults = useCallback(({ relations: relationsArg, lastLoadedPage: lastLoadedPageArg }) => {
+    if (relationsArg.length > 0) {
+      some(relationsArg, async (relation, callback) => {
+        const collection = collections.find((coll) => coll.slug === relation);
+        const fieldToSearch = collection?.admin?.useAsTitle || 'id';
+        const searchParam = search ? `&where[${fieldToSearch}][like]=${search}` : '';
+        const response = await fetch(`${serverURL}${api}/${relation}?limit=${maxResultsPerRequest}&page=${lastLoadedPageArg}&depth=0${searchParam}`);
+        const data: PaginatedDocs = await response.json();
+
+        if (response.ok) {
+          if (data.hasNextPage) {
+            return callback(false, {
+              data,
+              relation,
+            });
+          }
+
+          return callback({ relation, data });
+        }
+
+        return setErrorLoading(true);
+      }, (lastPage: OptionsPage, nextPage: OptionsPage) => {
+        if (nextPage) {
+          const { data, relation } = nextPage;
+          addOptions(data, relation);
+          setLastLoadedPage((l) => l + 1);
+        } else {
+          const { data, relation } = lastPage;
+          addOptions(data, relation);
+          setLastFullyLoadedRelation(relations.indexOf(relation));
+          setLastLoadedPage(1);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  }, [addOptions, api, collections, relations, search, serverURL]);
 
   const getNextOptions = useCallback((params = {} as Record<string, unknown>) => {
     const clear = params?.clear;
@@ -95,41 +132,12 @@ const Relationship: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
     if (!errorLoading) {
       const relationsToSearch = lastFullyLoadedRelation === -1 ? relations : relations.slice(lastFullyLoadedRelation + 1);
 
-      if (relationsToSearch.length > 0) {
-        some(relationsToSearch, async (relation, callback) => {
-          const collection = collections.find((coll) => coll.slug === relation);
-          const fieldToSearch = collection?.admin?.useAsTitle || 'id';
-          const searchParam = search ? `&where[${fieldToSearch}][like]=${search}` : '';
-          const response = await fetch(`${serverURL}${api}/${relation}?limit=${maxResultsPerRequest}&page=${lastLoadedPage}${searchParam}`);
-          const data: PaginatedDocs = await response.json();
-
-          if (response.ok) {
-            if (data.hasNextPage) {
-              return callback(false, {
-                data,
-                relation,
-              });
-            }
-
-            return callback({ relation, data });
-          }
-
-          return setErrorLoading(true);
-        }, (lastPage: OptionsPage, nextPage: OptionsPage) => {
-          if (nextPage) {
-            const { data, relation } = nextPage;
-            addOptions(data, relation);
-            setLastLoadedPage(lastLoadedPage + 1);
-          } else {
-            const { data, relation } = lastPage;
-            addOptions(data, relation);
-            setLastFullyLoadedRelation(relations.indexOf(relation));
-            setLastLoadedPage(1);
-          }
-        });
-      }
+      getResults({
+        relations: relationsToSearch,
+        lastLoadedPage,
+      });
     }
-  }, [addOptions, api, collections, errorLoading, lastFullyLoadedRelation, lastLoadedPage, relations, required, search, serverURL]);
+  }, [errorLoading, required, lastFullyLoadedRelation, relations, getResults, lastLoadedPage]);
 
   const findOptionsByValue = useCallback((): Option | Option[] => {
     if (value) {
@@ -191,13 +199,11 @@ const Relationship: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
   const handleInputChange = useCallback((newSearch) => {
     if (search !== newSearch) {
       setSearch(newSearch);
-      setLastFullyLoadedRelation(-1);
-      setLastLoadedPage(1);
     }
   }, [search]);
 
   const addOptionByID = useCallback(async (id, relation) => {
-    if (!errorLoading) {
+    if (!errorLoading && id !== 'null') {
       const response = await fetch(`${serverURL}${api}/${relation}/${id}?depth=0`);
 
       if (response.ok) {
@@ -248,6 +254,7 @@ const Relationship: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
 
         addOptions(data, relation);
 
+
         if (!data.hasNextPage) {
           setLastFullyLoadedRelation(relations.indexOf(relation));
         } else {
@@ -261,6 +268,23 @@ const Relationship: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
     getFirstResults();
   }, [addOptions, api, relations, serverURL]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (debouncedSearch) {
+      dispatchOptions({
+        type: 'REPLACE',
+        payload: required ? [] : [{ value: 'null', label: 'None' }],
+      });
+
+      setLastLoadedPage(1);
+      setLastFullyLoadedRelation(-1);
+
+      getResults({
+        relations,
+        lastLoadedPage: 1,
+      });
+    }
+  }, [getResults, debouncedSearch, relations, required]);
+
   const classes = [
     'field-type',
     baseClass,
diff --git a/src/admin/components/forms/useFieldType/index.tsx b/src/admin/components/forms/useFieldType/index.tsx
index 360d483569..65dd9d77c7 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/forms/useFieldType/index.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/components/forms/useFieldType/index.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ const useFieldType = <T extends unknown>(options: Options): FieldType<T> => {
 
   // Get field by path
   const field = getField(path);
-  const fieldExists = Boolean(field);
 
   const initialValue = field?.initialValue;
 
diff --git a/src/fields/traverseFields.ts b/src/fields/traverseFields.ts
index 1eb241d074..ec2375889d 100644
--- a/src/fields/traverseFields.ts
+++ b/src/fields/traverseFields.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ const traverseFields = (args: Arguments): void => {
       dataCopy[field.name] = null;
     }
 
+    if (field.type === 'relationship' && field.hasMany && (data[field.name]?.[0] === '' || data[field.name]?.[0] === 'none' || data[field.name]?.[0] === 'null')) {
+      dataCopy[field.name] = [];
+    }
+
     if (field.type === 'number' && typeof data[field.name] === 'string') {
       dataCopy[field.name] = parseFloat(data[field.name]);
     }