diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-ui/src/textarea/textareaview.ts b/packages/ckeditor5-ui/src/textarea/textareaview.ts
index 392a0df4844..835ce0b8e71 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-ui/src/textarea/textareaview.ts
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-ui/src/textarea/textareaview.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export default class TextareaView extends InputBase<HTMLTextAreaElement> {
 	 * Specifies the value of HTML attribute that indicates whether the user can resize the element.
 	 *
 	 * @observable
-	 * @default 'both'
+	 * @default 'none'
 	*/
 	declare public resize: 'both' | 'horizontal' | 'vertical' | 'none';
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export default class TextareaView extends InputBase<HTMLTextAreaElement> {
 		this.set( 'minRows', 2 );
 		this.set( 'maxRows', 5 );
 		this.set( '_height', null );
-		this.set( 'resize', 'both' );
+		this.set( 'resize', 'none' );
 
 		this.on( 'change:minRows', this._validateMinMaxRows.bind( this ) );
 		this.on( 'change:maxRows', this._validateMinMaxRows.bind( this ) );
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-ui/tests/manual/textarea/textareaview.ts b/packages/ckeditor5-ui/tests/manual/textarea/textareaview.ts
index 5cd958c90c9..31bcc4a602d 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-ui/tests/manual/textarea/textareaview.ts
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-ui/tests/manual/textarea/textareaview.ts
@@ -46,21 +46,13 @@ function createPlainTextareaWithVerticalResizeOnly() {
 	addToPlayground( 'Default rows, manual v-resize only', textareaView );
 }
 
-function createPlainTextareaWithNoResize() {
-	const textareaView = new TextareaView();
-
-	textareaView.resize = 'none';
-
-	addToPlayground( 'Default rows, no manual resize', textareaView );
-}
-
-function createPlainTextareaWithFixedSizeAndNoResize() {
+function createPlainTextareaWithFixedSizeAndResizeBoth() {
 	const textareaView = new TextareaView();
 
 	textareaView.minRows = textareaView.maxRows = 3;
-	textareaView.resize = 'none';
+	textareaView.resize = 'both';
 
-	addToPlayground( '3 fixed rows, no manual resize', textareaView );
+	addToPlayground( '3 fixed rows, resize: both', textareaView );
 }
 
 function addToPlayground( name, view ) {
@@ -110,5 +102,4 @@ createPlainTextareaWithMoreRows();
 createPlainTextareaWithFixedRows();
 createPlainTextareaWithSingleRow();
 createPlainTextareaWithVerticalResizeOnly();
-createPlainTextareaWithNoResize();
-createPlainTextareaWithFixedSizeAndNoResize();
+createPlainTextareaWithFixedSizeAndResizeBoth();
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-ui/tests/textarea/textareaview.js b/packages/ckeditor5-ui/tests/textarea/textareaview.js
index 0add83c064c..118eb1a3a47 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-ui/tests/textarea/textareaview.js
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-ui/tests/textarea/textareaview.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe( 'TextareaView', () => {
 		} );
 
 		it( 'should have default resize attribute value', () => {
-			expect( view.element.style.resize ).to.equal( 'both' );
+			expect( view.element.style.resize ).to.equal( 'none' );
 		} );
 
 		it( 'should warn if #minHeight is greater than #maxHeight', () => {
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ describe( 'TextareaView', () => {
 
 		describe( 'resize attribute', () => {
 			it( 'should react on view#reisze', () => {
-				expect( view.element.style.resize ).to.equal( 'both' );
+				expect( view.element.style.resize ).to.equal( 'none' );
 
 				view.resize = 'vertical';