From 3a2de4930a532c27c11597e71b77f9f4bd9c6181 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francesco Hayes <francesco.hayes@alowh.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 18:52:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] added boolean for steralization

---
 packages/payload/src/auth/baseFields/email.ts | 5 +++--
 packages/payload/src/fields/config/types.ts   | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/payload/src/auth/baseFields/email.ts b/packages/payload/src/auth/baseFields/email.ts
index 8cf4caf02a0..c9c7ede0dcc 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/auth/baseFields/email.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/auth/baseFields/email.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ export const emailFieldConfig: EmailField = {
   },
   hooks: {
     beforeChange: [
-      ({ value }) => {
-        if (value) {
+      ({ value, field }) => {
+        if (value && 'steralize' in field && field.steralize) {
           return value.toLowerCase().trim()
         }
       },
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ export const emailFieldConfig: EmailField = {
   required: true,
   unique: true,
   validate: email,
+  steralize: true,
 }
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/fields/config/types.ts b/packages/payload/src/fields/config/types.ts
index c7ced43e774..43479f9e1f4 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/fields/config/types.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/fields/config/types.ts
@@ -674,7 +674,8 @@ export type EmailField = {
     placeholder?: Record<string, string> | string
   } & FieldAdmin
   type: 'email'
-  validate?: EmailFieldValidation
+  validate?: EmailFieldValidation,
+  steralize?: boolean
 } & Omit<FieldBase, 'validate'>
 
 export type EmailFieldClient = {

From 09a0788c923f08d53da61ce58332eefc8b816623 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francesco Hayes <francesco.hayes@alowh.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 18:53:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] typo :(

---
 packages/payload/src/auth/baseFields/email.ts | 4 ++--
 packages/payload/src/fields/config/types.ts   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/payload/src/auth/baseFields/email.ts b/packages/payload/src/auth/baseFields/email.ts
index c9c7ede0dcc..5e0f29dd22e 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/auth/baseFields/email.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/auth/baseFields/email.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export const emailFieldConfig: EmailField = {
   hooks: {
     beforeChange: [
       ({ value, field }) => {
-        if (value && 'steralize' in field && field.steralize) {
+        if (value && 'sterilize' in field && field.sterilize) {
           return value.toLowerCase().trim()
         }
       },
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ export const emailFieldConfig: EmailField = {
   required: true,
   unique: true,
   validate: email,
-  steralize: true,
+  sterilize: true,
 }
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/fields/config/types.ts b/packages/payload/src/fields/config/types.ts
index 43479f9e1f4..7fdf4baa9a7 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/fields/config/types.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/fields/config/types.ts
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ export type EmailField = {
   } & FieldAdmin
   type: 'email'
   validate?: EmailFieldValidation,
-  steralize?: boolean
+  sterilize?: boolean
 } & Omit<FieldBase, 'validate'>
 
 export type EmailFieldClient = {