diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21857e4..895c21b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - Fixed cached API and RSS images not being served by the player after being downloaded.
 - Fixed blank time/date regions displaying the default clock format on the player.
 - Fixed the time/date placeholder popup omitting text and math transform help.
+- Fixed empty region previews displaying type labels instead of remaining blank.
+- Fixed empty weather regions displaying the default weather summary.
 
 ## 2.13.2 - 2026-09-11
 
diff --git a/src/player/regions/weather.js b/src/player/regions/weather.js
index 3091bf3..67f6f30 100644
--- a/src/player/regions/weather.js
+++ b/src/player/regions/weather.js
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ function substituteWeatherVariables(html, value) {
 }
 
 function renderWeatherRegion(region, regionContent) {
+  var value = String(regionContent && regionContent.value || '');
+  if (!value.trim()) return '';
   var location = getWeatherLocation(regionContent && regionContent.weather_location_id);
   var snapshot = location && location.responseJson && typeof location.responseJson === 'object' ? location.responseJson : null;
   var width = Math.max(1, Math.round(Number(region && region.pixelWidth) || 1));
@@ -77,7 +79,6 @@ function renderWeatherRegion(region, regionContent) {
   var style = 'width:' + width + 'px;height:' + height + 'px;transform:scale(' + scale + ');transform-origin:top left;overflow:hidden;';
   if (!location || !snapshot) return '<div class="template-region weather" style="' + region.baseStyle + '"><div style="' + style + '"></div></div>';
   var current = snapshot.current || {};
-  var value = String(regionContent && regionContent.value || '');
   if (value) {
     var weatherData = withWeatherUnits(snapshot, location);
     var fontSize = Math.max(8, Number(regionContent && regionContent.font_size || region && (region.font_size || region.fontSize) || 32) || 32);
diff --git a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/html.js b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/html.js
index 1a5c6da..2188fdd 100644
--- a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/html.js
+++ b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/html.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   function renderPreview(region, value) {
     var html = normalizePreviewValue(value !== undefined ? value : region).trim();
     if (!html) {
-      return '<div class="slide-preview-placeholder">HTML</div>';
+      return '';
     }
     if (/^<!doctype\b/i.test(html) || /^<html\b/i.test(html)) {
       return '<iframe class="slide-preview-html-frame" sandbox="" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" srcdoc="' + escapeHtml(buildHtmlDocument(html)) + '" title="HTML preview" loading="eager" style="width:100%;height:100%;border:0;display:block;background:transparent;overflow:hidden;"></iframe>';
diff --git a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/image.js b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/image.js
index c0785f8..777344d 100644
--- a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/image.js
+++ b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/image.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     var content = value && typeof value === 'object' && value.value !== undefined ? value : null;
     var src = String(content ? content.value : value || '').trim();
     if (!src) {
-      return '<div class="slide-preview-placeholder">Image</div>';
+      return '';
     }
     return '<img class="slide-preview-image" src="' + escapeHtml(src) + '" alt="" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain;display:block;" />';
   }
diff --git a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/qr-code.js b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/qr-code.js
index 517120d..c3043f7 100644
--- a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/qr-code.js
+++ b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/qr-code.js
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@
       src = svgSrc || buildStyledQrSvgMarkup(value);
     }
     if (!src) {
-      return '<div class="slide-preview-placeholder">QR Code</div>';
+      return '';
     }
     if (/^data:image\//i.test(src)) {
       return '<img class="slide-preview-qr-code" src="' + escapeHtml(src) + '" alt="QR code preview" style="' + imageStyle + '" />';
diff --git a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/rss.js b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/rss.js
index d9ba190..183d1ce 100644
--- a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/rss.js
+++ b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/rss.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 
   function getPreviewFallback(item) {
     if (!item || typeof item !== 'object') {
-      return '<div class="slide-preview-placeholder">RSS item</div>';
+      return '';
     }
 
     var title = String(item.title || '').trim();
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
       summary.push('<p>' + sanitizePreviewHtml(description) + '</p>');
     }
     if (!summary.length) {
-      return '<div class="slide-preview-placeholder">RSS item</div>';
+      return '';
     }
     return summary.join('');
   }
diff --git a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/rtmp.js b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/rtmp.js
index ee0ad45..9598d9a 100644
--- a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/rtmp.js
+++ b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/rtmp.js
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
   function renderPreview(value, disableAudio) {
     var content = value && typeof value === 'object' && value.value !== undefined ? value : null;
     var src = String(content ? content.value : value || '').trim();
-    var label = src ? 'RTMP' : 'RTMP stream';
+    if (!src) {
+      return '';
+    }
+    var label = 'RTMP';
     if (disableAudio) {
       label += ' (muted)';
     }
diff --git a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/text.js b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/text.js
index c50697c..fc448bd 100644
--- a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/text.js
+++ b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/text.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     var rawValue = value && typeof value === 'object' && value.value !== undefined ? value.value : value;
     var raw = String(rawValue || '');
     if (!raw) {
-      return '<div class="slide-preview-placeholder">Empty text</div>';
+      return '';
     }
 
     var style = styleOrContext && styleOrContext.style ? styleOrContext.style : styleOrContext || {};
diff --git a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/video.js b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/video.js
index 8fda7ff..c2f51fc 100644
--- a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/video.js
+++ b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/video.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     var content = value && typeof value === 'object' && value.value !== undefined ? value : null;
     var src = String(content ? content.value : value || '').trim();
     if (!src) {
-      return '<div class="slide-preview-placeholder">Video</div>';
+      return '';
     }
     return '<video class="slide-preview-video" src="' + escapeHtml(src) + '" autoplay loop muted playsinline preload="metadata" style="width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain;display:block;"></video>';
   }
diff --git a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/weather.js b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/weather.js
index 07fea63..8fad3d2 100644
--- a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/weather.js
+++ b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/weather.js
@@ -148,10 +148,11 @@
 
   function renderPreview(region, content, context) {
     var locations = context && context.weatherLocations ? context.weatherLocations : [];
+    var value = String(content && content.value || '');
+    if (!value.trim()) return '';
     var location = getLocationById(content && content.weather_location_id, locations);
     var snapshot = getSnapshot(location);
-    var value = String(content && content.value || '');
-    if (!location || !snapshot) return '<div class="template-region weather"><div class="slide-preview-placeholder">Select a weather location with cached data</div></div>';
+    if (!location || !snapshot) return '';
     var weatherData = withWeatherUnits(snapshot, location);
     if (value) {
       var fontSize = Math.max(8, Number(content && content.font_size || region && (region.font_size || region.fontSize) || 32) || 32);
diff --git a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/webpage.js b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/webpage.js
index 4222226..0b8081d 100644
--- a/src/web/public/js/regions/type/webpage.js
+++ b/src/web/public/js/regions/type/webpage.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   function renderPreview(region, value) {
     var src = normalizePreviewValue(value !== undefined ? value : region).trim();
     if (!src) {
-      return '<div class="slide-preview-placeholder">Webpage</div>';
+      return '';
     }
     return '<iframe class="slide-preview-webpage-frame" src="' + escapeHtml(src) + '" title="Webpage preview" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="no-referrer" scrolling="no" style="width:100%;height:100%;border:0;display:block;background:#fff;overflow:hidden;"></iframe>';
   }
diff --git a/src/web/public/js/slides/slide-form-preview.js b/src/web/public/js/slides/slide-form-preview.js
index 43ab716..45bcb28 100644
--- a/src/web/public/js/slides/slide-form-preview.js
+++ b/src/web/public/js/slides/slide-form-preview.js
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export function createSlideFormPreviewHelpers(options) {
     }
     var raw = String(rawValue || '');
     if (!raw) {
-      return '<div class="slide-preview-placeholder">Empty text</div>';
+      return '';
     }
     return sanitizePreviewHtml(raw);
   }
diff --git a/src/web/public/js/slides/slide-form-regions.js b/src/web/public/js/slides/slide-form-regions.js
index 8237d96..cb9c0f2 100644
--- a/src/web/public/js/slides/slide-form-regions.js
+++ b/src/web/public/js/slides/slide-form-regions.js
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ export function createSlideFormRegionHelpers(options) {
     }
 
     if (!item || typeof item !== 'object') {
-      return '<div class="slide-preview-placeholder">RSS item</div>';
+      return '';
     }
 
     var title = String(item.title || '').trim();
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ export function createSlideFormRegionHelpers(options) {
       summary.push('<p>' + sanitizePreviewHtml(description) + '</p>');
     }
     if (!summary.length) {
-      return '<div class="slide-preview-placeholder">RSS item</div>';
+      return '';
     }
     return summary.join('');
   }