diff --git a/packages/nuqs/src/tests/useQueryStates.test-d.ts b/packages/nuqs/src/tests/useQueryStates.test-d.ts
index 46d351ba8..c6baa3209 100644
--- a/packages/nuqs/src/tests/useQueryStates.test-d.ts
+++ b/packages/nuqs/src/tests/useQueryStates.test-d.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('types/useQueryStates', () => {
     setState({ a: null }) // Clear an individual key
     setState(null) // Clear all managed keys
     setState(() => ({ a: null }))
-    // setState(() => null) // todo: Enable this test in a separate PR
+    setState(() => null)
   })
   it('allows setting to undefined to leave keys as-is', () => {
     const [, setState] = useQueryStates(parsers)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe('types/useQueryStates', () => {
       return {}
     })
     setState(() => ({ a: null, b: null })) // Still allowed to clear it with null (state retuns to default)
-    // setState(() => null)  // todo: Enable this test in a separate PR
+    setState(() => null)
   })
   it('supports inline custom parsers', () => {
     const [state] = useQueryStates({
diff --git a/packages/nuqs/src/useQueryStates.test.ts b/packages/nuqs/src/useQueryStates.test.ts
index a1b0958ef..18ee3847f 100644
--- a/packages/nuqs/src/useQueryStates.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nuqs/src/useQueryStates.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,89 @@ import {
 import { parseAsArrayOf, parseAsJson, parseAsString } from './parsers'
 import { useQueryStates } from './useQueryStates'
 
+describe('useQueryStates', () => {
+  it('allows setting a single value', async () => {
+    const onUrlUpdate = vi.fn<OnUrlUpdateFunction>()
+    const useTestHook = () =>
+      useQueryStates({
+        a: parseAsString,
+        b: parseAsString
+      })
+    const { result } = renderHook(useTestHook, {
+      wrapper: withNuqsTestingAdapter({
+        onUrlUpdate
+      })
+    })
+    expect(result.current[0].a).toBeNull()
+    expect(result.current[0].b).toBeNull()
+    await act(() => result.current[1]({ a: 'pass' }))
+    expect(result.current[0].a).toEqual('pass')
+    expect(result.current[0].b).toBeNull()
+    expect(onUrlUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onUrlUpdate.mock.calls[0]![0].queryString).toEqual('?a=pass')
+  })
+
+  it('allows clearing a single key by setting it to null', async () => {
+    const onUrlUpdate = vi.fn<OnUrlUpdateFunction>()
+    const useTestHook = () =>
+      useQueryStates({
+        a: parseAsString,
+        b: parseAsString
+      })
+    const { result } = renderHook(useTestHook, {
+      wrapper: withNuqsTestingAdapter({
+        searchParams: '?a=init&b=init',
+        onUrlUpdate
+      })
+    })
+    expect(result.current[0].a).toEqual('init')
+    expect(result.current[0].b).toEqual('init')
+    await act(() => result.current[1]({ a: null }))
+    expect(result.current[0].a).toBeNull()
+    expect(result.current[0].b).toEqual('init')
+    expect(onUrlUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onUrlUpdate.mock.calls[0]![0].queryString).toEqual('?b=init')
+  })
+  it('allows clearing managed keys by passing null', async () => {
+    const onUrlUpdate = vi.fn<OnUrlUpdateFunction>()
+    const useTestHook = () =>
+      useQueryStates({
+        a: parseAsString,
+        b: parseAsString
+      })
+    const { result } = renderHook(useTestHook, {
+      wrapper: withNuqsTestingAdapter({
+        searchParams: '?a=init&b=init',
+        onUrlUpdate
+      })
+    })
+    await act(() => result.current[1](null))
+    expect(result.current[0].a).toBeNull()
+    expect(result.current[0].b).toBeNull()
+    expect(onUrlUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onUrlUpdate.mock.calls[0]![0].queryString).toEqual('')
+  })
+  it('allows clearing managed keys by passing a function that returns null', async () => {
+    const onUrlUpdate = vi.fn<OnUrlUpdateFunction>()
+    const useTestHook = () =>
+      useQueryStates({
+        a: parseAsString,
+        b: parseAsString
+      })
+    const { result } = renderHook(useTestHook, {
+      wrapper: withNuqsTestingAdapter({
+        searchParams: '?a=init&b=init',
+        onUrlUpdate
+      })
+    })
+    await act(() => result.current[1](() => null))
+    expect(result.current[0].a).toBeNull()
+    expect(result.current[0].b).toBeNull()
+    expect(onUrlUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(onUrlUpdate.mock.calls[0]![0].queryString).toEqual('')
+  })
+})
+
 describe('useQueryStates: referential equality', () => {
   const defaults = {
     str: 'foo',
diff --git a/packages/nuqs/src/useQueryStates.ts b/packages/nuqs/src/useQueryStates.ts
index 330958aed..45e4cfa47 100644
--- a/packages/nuqs/src/useQueryStates.ts
+++ b/packages/nuqs/src/useQueryStates.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type NullableValues<T extends UseQueryStatesKeysMap> = Nullable<Values<T>>
 
 type UpdaterFn<T extends UseQueryStatesKeysMap> = (
   old: Values<T>
-) => Partial<Nullable<Values<T>>>
+) => Partial<Nullable<Values<T>>> | null
 
 export type SetValues<T extends UseQueryStatesKeysMap> = (
   values: Partial<Nullable<Values<T>>> | UpdaterFn<T> | null,
@@ -191,14 +191,15 @@ export function useQueryStates<KeyMap extends UseQueryStatesKeysMap>(
 
   const update = useCallback<SetValues<KeyMap>>(
     (stateUpdater, callOptions = {}) => {
+      const nullMap = Object.fromEntries(
+        Object.keys(keyMap).map(key => [key, null])
+      ) as Nullable<KeyMap>
       const newState: Partial<Nullable<KeyMap>> =
         typeof stateUpdater === 'function'
-          ? stateUpdater(applyDefaultValues(stateRef.current, defaultValues))
-          : stateUpdater === null
-            ? (Object.fromEntries(
-                Object.keys(keyMap).map(key => [key, null])
-              ) as Nullable<KeyMap>)
-            : stateUpdater
+          ? (stateUpdater(
+              applyDefaultValues(stateRef.current, defaultValues)
+            ) ?? nullMap)
+          : (stateUpdater ?? nullMap)
       debug('[nuq+ `%s`] setState: %O', stateKeys, newState)
       for (let [stateKey, value] of Object.entries(newState)) {
         const parser = keyMap[stateKey]