diff --git a/packages/x-date-pickers/src/DateField/DateField.tsx b/packages/x-date-pickers/src/DateField/DateField.tsx
index 3b265ea6392ee..c16b3e3fadfb3 100644
--- a/packages/x-date-pickers/src/DateField/DateField.tsx
+++ b/packages/x-date-pickers/src/DateField/DateField.tsx
@@ -1,32 +1,15 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import MuiTextField from '@mui/material/TextField';
-import IconButton from '@mui/material/IconButton';
 import { useThemeProps } from '@mui/material/styles';
-import ClearIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Clear';
 import { useSlotProps } from '@mui/base/utils';
-import { DateFieldProps } from './DateField.types';
+import {
+  DateFieldProps,
+  DateFieldSlotsComponent,
+  DateFieldSlotsComponentsProps,
+} from './DateField.types';
 import { useDateField } from './useDateField';
-
-const useClearEndAdornment = ({
-  clearable,
-  InputProps,
-  onClear,
-  clearIcon = <ClearIcon fontSize="small" />,
-}) => {
-  return {
-    endAdornment: clearable ? (
-      <React.Fragment>
-        {InputProps?.endAdornment}
-        <IconButton className="deleteIcon" onClick={onClear} tabIndex={-1}>
-          {clearIcon}
-        </IconButton>
-      </React.Fragment>
-    ) : (
-      InputProps?.endAdornment
-    ),
-  };
-};
+import { useClearEndAdornment } from '../internals/hooks/useClearEndAdornment/useClearEndAdornment';
 
 type DateFieldComponent = (<TDate>(
   props: DateFieldProps<TDate> & React.RefAttributes<HTMLDivElement>,
@@ -71,12 +54,16 @@ const DateField = React.forwardRef(function DateField<TDate>(
     inputRef: externalInputRef,
   });
 
-  console.log(fieldProps);
-
-  const ProcessedInputProps = useClearEndAdornment({
+  const ProcessedInputProps = useClearEndAdornment<
+    typeof fieldProps.InputProps,
+    DateFieldSlotsComponent,
+    DateFieldSlotsComponentsProps<TDate>
+  >({
     onClear,
     clearable,
     InputProps: fieldProps.InputProps,
+    slots,
+    slotProps,
   });
 
   return (
diff --git a/packages/x-date-pickers/src/DateField/DateField.types.ts b/packages/x-date-pickers/src/DateField/DateField.types.ts
index acf3abdea8a18..a1436c845b942 100644
--- a/packages/x-date-pickers/src/DateField/DateField.types.ts
+++ b/packages/x-date-pickers/src/DateField/DateField.types.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import {
 } from '../internals/models/validation';
 import { FieldsTextFieldProps } from '../internals/models/fields';
 import { SlotsAndSlotProps } from '../internals/utils/slots-migration';
+import {
+  FieldSlotsComponents,
+  FieldSlotsComponentsProps,
+} from '../internals/hooks/useField/useField.types';
 
 export interface UseDateFieldParams<TDate, TChildProps extends {}> {
   props: UseDateFieldComponentProps<TDate, TChildProps>;
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ export interface DateFieldProps<TDate>
 
 export type DateFieldOwnerState<TDate> = DateFieldProps<TDate>;
 
-export interface DateFieldSlotsComponent {
+export interface DateFieldSlotsComponent extends FieldSlotsComponents {
   /**
    * Form control with an input to render the value.
    * Receives the same props as `@mui/material/TextField`.
@@ -54,6 +58,6 @@ export interface DateFieldSlotsComponent {
   TextField?: React.ElementType;
 }
 
-export interface DateFieldSlotsComponentsProps<TDate> {
+export interface DateFieldSlotsComponentsProps<TDate> extends FieldSlotsComponentsProps {
   textField?: SlotComponentProps<typeof TextField, {}, DateFieldOwnerState<TDate>>;
 }
diff --git a/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useClearEndAdornment/useClearEndAdornment.tsx b/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useClearEndAdornment/useClearEndAdornment.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..518c0e3659748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useClearEndAdornment/useClearEndAdornment.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import { useSlotProps } from '@mui/base';
+import ClearIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Clear';
+import IconButton from '@mui/material/IconButton';
+import { SlotsAndSlotProps } from '../../utils/slots-migration';
+import { FieldSlotsComponents, FieldSlotsComponentsProps } from '../useField/useField.types';
+
+type UseClearEndAdornmentProps<
+  TInputProps extends { endAdornment?: React.ReactNode } | undefined,
+  TFieldSlotsComponents extends FieldSlotsComponents,
+  TFieldSlotsComponentsProps extends FieldSlotsComponentsProps,
+> = {
+  clearable: boolean;
+  InputProps: TInputProps;
+  onClear: React.MouseEventHandler<HTMLButtonElement>;
+} & SlotsAndSlotProps<TFieldSlotsComponents, TFieldSlotsComponentsProps>;
+
+export const useClearEndAdornment = <
+  TInputProps extends { endAdornment?: React.ReactNode } | undefined,
+  TFieldSlotsComponents extends FieldSlotsComponents,
+  TFieldSlotsComponentsProps extends FieldSlotsComponentsProps,
+>({
+  clearable,
+  InputProps: ForwardedInputProps,
+  onClear,
+  slots,
+  slotProps,
+}: UseClearEndAdornmentProps<TInputProps, TFieldSlotsComponents, TFieldSlotsComponentsProps>) => {
+  const EndClearIcon = slots?.clearIcon ?? ClearIcon;
+  const endClearIconProps = useSlotProps({
+    elementType: ClearIcon,
+    externalSlotProps: slotProps?.clearIcon,
+    externalForwardedProps: {},
+    ownerState: {},
+  });
+
+  const InputProps = {
+    ...ForwardedInputProps,
+    endAdornment: clearable ? (
+      <React.Fragment>
+        {ForwardedInputProps?.endAdornment}
+        <IconButton className="clearButton" onClick={onClear} tabIndex={-1}>
+          <EndClearIcon {...endClearIconProps} />
+        </IconButton>
+      </React.Fragment>
+    ) : (
+      ForwardedInputProps?.endAdornment
+    ),
+  };
+
+  return InputProps;
+};
diff --git a/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useField.ts b/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useField.ts
index 3135012a194f9..8c685094e87bf 100644
--- a/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useField.ts
+++ b/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useField.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export const useField = <
     setTempAndroidValueStr,
     sectionsValueBoundaries,
     placeholder,
+    setIsHovered,
   } = useFieldState(params);
 
   const {
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ export const useField = <
       error,
       clearable,
       onClear,
+      onMouseEnter,
+      onMouseLeave,
       ...otherForwardedProps
     },
     fieldValueManager,
@@ -143,13 +146,17 @@ export const useField = <
   });
 
   const handleInputBlur = useEventCallback((event: React.FocusEvent<HTMLInputElement>, ...args) => {
-    const isClearButton = Boolean(
-      event.relatedTarget?.className?.split(' ')?.includes('deleteIcon'),
-    );
-    // if (!isClearButton) {
-    onBlur?.(event, ...(args as []));
-    setSelectedSections(null);
-    // }
+    const { relatedTarget } = event;
+
+    const shouldBlur =
+      !relatedTarget &&
+      relatedTarget !== inputRef.current &&
+      !inputRef.current.contains(relatedTarget);
+
+    if (shouldBlur) {
+      onBlur?.(event, ...(args as []));
+      setSelectedSections(null);
+    }
   });
 
   const handleInputPaste = useEventCallback((event: React.ClipboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
@@ -459,6 +466,7 @@ export const useField = <
     valueManager.emptyValue,
   );
   const shouldShowPlaceholder = !inputHasFocus && areAllSectionsEmpty;
+  const isInputHovered = state.isHovered;
 
   React.useImperativeHandle(unstableFieldRef, () => ({
     getSections: () => state.sections,
@@ -480,16 +488,25 @@ export const useField = <
     setSelectedSections: (activeSectionIndex) => setSelectedSections(activeSectionIndex),
   }));
 
-  const handleClearValue = (event, ...args) => {
+  const handleClearValue = useEventCallback((event: React.MouseEvent, ...args) => {
+    // the click event of the endAdornmnet propagates to the input and triggers the `handleInputClick` handler.
     event.stopPropagation();
     event.preventDefault();
-    onClear?.(...(args as []));
+    onClear?.(event, ...(args as []));
     clearValue();
     setSelectedSections(0);
     inputRef?.current?.focus();
-  };
+  });
+
+  const handleMouseEnter = useEventCallback((event: React.MouseEvent, ...args) => {
+    onMouseEnter?.(event, ...(args as []));
+    setIsHovered(true);
+  });
 
-  console.log(selectedSectionIndexes);
+  const handleMouseLeave = useEventCallback((event: React.MouseEvent, ...args) => {
+    onMouseLeave?.(event, ...(args as []));
+    setIsHovered(false);
+  });
 
   return {
     placeholder,
@@ -508,6 +525,8 @@ export const useField = <
     onClear: handleClearValue,
     error: inputError,
     ref: handleRef,
-    clearable: Boolean(clearable && inputHasFocus && !areAllSectionsEmpty),
+    clearable: Boolean(clearable && !areAllSectionsEmpty && (inputHasFocus || isInputHovered)),
+    onMouseEnter: handleMouseEnter,
+    onMouseLeave: handleMouseLeave,
   };
 };
diff --git a/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useField.types.ts b/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useField.types.ts
index e0a2b4143073b..b5ffe29586058 100644
--- a/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useField.types.ts
+++ b/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useField.types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
+import { SlotComponentProps } from '@mui/base/utils';
+import ClearIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Clear';
 import {
   FieldSectionType,
   FieldSection,
@@ -136,8 +138,10 @@ export interface UseFieldForwardedProps {
   onFocus?: () => void;
   onBlur?: React.FocusEventHandler<HTMLInputElement>;
   error?: boolean;
-  onClear?: () => void;
+  onClear?: React.MouseEventHandler;
   clearable?: boolean;
+  onMouseEnter?: React.MouseEventHandler;
+  onMouseLeave?: React.MouseEventHandler;
 }
 
 export type UseFieldResponse<TForwardedProps extends UseFieldForwardedProps> = Omit<
@@ -319,6 +323,7 @@ export interface UseFieldState<TValue, TSection extends FieldSection> {
    * The property below allows us to set the first `onChange` value into state waiting for the second one.
    */
   tempValueStrAndroid: string | null;
+  isHovered: boolean;
 }
 
 export type UseFieldValidationProps<
@@ -361,3 +366,16 @@ export type SectionOrdering = {
    */
   endIndex: number;
 };
+
+export interface FieldSlotsComponents {
+  /**
+   * Icon to display inside the clear button.
+   * Receives the same props as `@mui/icons-material/Clear`.
+   * @default ClearIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Clear'
+   */
+  ClearIcon?: React.ElementType;
+}
+
+export interface FieldSlotsComponentsProps {
+  clearIcon?: SlotComponentProps<typeof ClearIcon, {}, {}>;
+}
diff --git a/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useFieldState.ts b/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useFieldState.ts
index 14343b895869b..c7b80c04dafda 100644
--- a/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useFieldState.ts
+++ b/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useFieldState.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ export const useFieldState = <
         valueManager.getTodayValue(utils, valueType),
       ),
       tempValueStrAndroid: null,
+      isHovered: false,
     };
   });
 
@@ -133,6 +134,13 @@ export const useFieldState = <
     }));
   };
 
+  const setIsHovered = (isHovered: boolean) => {
+    setState((prevState) => ({
+      ...prevState,
+      isHovered,
+    }));
+  };
+
   const selectedSectionIndexes = React.useMemo<FieldSelectedSectionsIndexes | null>(() => {
     if (selectedSections == null) {
       return null;
@@ -412,5 +420,6 @@ export const useFieldState = <
     setTempAndroidValueStr,
     sectionsValueBoundaries,
     placeholder,
+    setIsHovered,
   };
 };