diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link.js
index 8b5f988bbc9..8e99f888bbe 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const Link = Widget.extend({
     events: {
         'input': '_onAnyChange',
         'change': '_onAnyChange',
-        'input input[name="url"]': '_onURLInput',
+        'input input[name="url"]': '__onURLInput',
         'change input[name="url"]': '_onURLInputChange',
     },
 
@@ -485,6 +485,23 @@ const Link = Widget.extend({
             this._adaptPreview();
         }
     },
+    /**
+     * @todo Adapt in master: in stable _onURLInput was both used as an event
+     * handler responding to url input events + a private method called at the
+     * widget lifecycle start. Originally both points were to update the link
+     * tools/dialog UI. It was later wanted to actually update the DOM... but
+     * should only be done in event handler part.
+     *
+     * This allows to differentiate the event handler part. In master, we should
+     * take the opportunity to also update the `_updatePreview` concept which
+     * updates the "preview" of the original link dialog but actually updates
+     * the real DOM for the "new" link tools.
+     *
+     * @private
+     */
+    __onURLInput: function () {
+        this._onURLInput(...arguments);
+    },
     /**
      * @private
      */
@@ -495,10 +512,10 @@ const Link = Widget.extend({
         let isLink = value.indexOf('@') < 0;
         this.$('input[name="is_new_window"]').closest('.row').toggleClass('d-none', !isLink);
         this.$('.o_strip_domain').toggleClass('d-none', value.indexOf(window.location.origin) !== 0);
-        this.options.wysiwyg && this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.historyPauseSteps('_onURLInput');
-        this._adaptPreview();
-        this.options.wysiwyg && this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.historyUnpauseSteps('_onURLInput');
     },
+    /**
+     * @private
+     */
     _onURLInputChange: function () {
         this._adaptPreview();
         this._savedURLInputOnDestroy = false;
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_dialog.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_dialog.js
index 3acf848e136..e09e4fa3c42 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_dialog.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_dialog.js
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ const _DialogLinkWidget = Link.extend({
     _onURLInput: function () {
         this._super(...arguments);
         this.$('#o_link_dialog_url_input').closest('.o_url_input').removeClass('o_has_error').find('.form-control, .form-select').removeClass('is-invalid');
+        this._adaptPreview();
     },
 });
 
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_tools.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_tools.js
index 927900c8f25..f126d3a6b10 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_tools.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link_tools.js
@@ -425,6 +425,15 @@ const LinkTools = Link.extend({
             this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.historyStep();
         }
     },
+    /**
+     * @override
+     */
+    __onURLInput() {
+        this._super(...arguments);
+        this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.historyPauseSteps('_onURLInput');
+        this._adaptPreview();
+        this.options.wysiwyg.odooEditor.historyUnpauseSteps('_onURLInput');
+    },
 });
 
 return LinkTools;
diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/js/editor/widget_link.js b/addons/website/static/src/js/editor/widget_link.js
index b1f887b89f5..9de80f11e25 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/js/editor/widget_link.js
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/js/editor/widget_link.js
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ var weWidgets = require('wysiwyg.widgets');
 var wUtils = require('website.utils');
 
 weWidgets.LinkTools.include({
-    events: _.extend({}, weWidgets.LinkTools.prototype.events || {}, {
-        'input input[name="url"]': '_onURLInput',
-    }),
     custom_events: _.extend({}, weWidgets.LinkTools.prototype.custom_events || {}, {
         website_url_chosen: '_onAutocompleteClose',
     }),