diff --git a/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/OSUpdates/components/AppleOSTargetForm/AppleOSTargetForm.tsx b/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/OSUpdates/components/AppleOSTargetForm/AppleOSTargetForm.tsx
index d3c35e3f60..755b59d093 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/OSUpdates/components/AppleOSTargetForm/AppleOSTargetForm.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/OSUpdates/components/AppleOSTargetForm/AppleOSTargetForm.tsx
@@ -166,18 +166,6 @@ const AppleOSTargetForm = ({
     setDeadline(val);
   };
 
-  const getMinimumVersionPlaceholder = (platform: ApplePlatform) => {
-    switch (platform) {
-      case "darwin":
-        return "13.0.1";
-      case "ios":
-      case "ipados":
-        return "17.5.1";
-      default:
-        return "";
-    }
-  };
-
   const getMinimumVersionTooltip = () => {
     return (
       <>
@@ -210,7 +198,6 @@ const AppleOSTargetForm = ({
         label="Minimum version"
         tooltip={getMinimumVersionTooltip()}
         helpText="Version number only (e.g., “13.0.1” not “Ventura 13” or “13.0.1 (22A400)”)"
-        placeholder={getMinimumVersionPlaceholder(applePlatform)}
         value={minOsVersion}
         error={minOsVersionError}
         onChange={handleMinVersionChange}
@@ -219,7 +206,6 @@ const AppleOSTargetForm = ({
         label="Deadline"
         tooltip={getDeadlineTooltip(applePlatform)}
         helpText="YYYY-MM-DD format only (e.g., “2024-07-01”)."
-        placeholder="2024-07-01"
         value={deadline}
         error={deadlineError}
         onChange={handleDeadlineChange}
diff --git a/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/OSUpdates/components/WindowsTargetForm/WindowsTargetForm.tsx b/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/OSUpdates/components/WindowsTargetForm/WindowsTargetForm.tsx
index ec7007a29e..7addf342e3 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/OSUpdates/components/WindowsTargetForm/WindowsTargetForm.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/OSUpdates/components/WindowsTargetForm/WindowsTargetForm.tsx
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ const WindowsTargetForm = ({
         label="Deadline"
         tooltip="Number of days the end user has before updates are installed and the host is forced to restart."
         helpText="Number of days from 0 to 30."
-        placeholder="5"
         value={deadlineDays}
         error={deadlineDaysError}
         onChange={handleDeadlineDaysChange}
@@ -167,7 +166,6 @@ const WindowsTargetForm = ({
         label="Grace period"
         tooltip="Number of days after the deadline the end user has before the host is forced to restart (only if end user was offline when deadline passed)."
         helpText="Number of days from 0 to 7."
-        placeholder="2"
         value={gracePeriodDays}
         error={gracePeriodDaysError}
         onChange={handleGracePeriodDays}