diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/sanitize.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/sanitize.js
index 73020c23a07..5dba980e148 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/sanitize.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/sanitize.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
     ancestors,
     EMAIL_REGEX,
     URL_REGEX_WITH_INFOS,
+    PHONE_REGEX,
 } from './utils.js';
 
 const NOT_A_NUMBER = /[^\d]/g;
@@ -76,13 +77,17 @@ export function areSimilarElements(node, node2) {
 }
 
 /**
-* Returns a URL if link's label is a valid email of http URL, null otherwise.
+* Returns a complete URL if text is a valid email address, http URL or telephone
+* number, null otherwise.
+* The optional link parameter is used to prevent protocol switching between
+* 'http' and 'https'.
 *
-* @param {HTMLAnchorElement} link
+* @param {String} text
+* @param {HTMLAnchorElement} [link]
 * @returns {String|null}
 */
-function deduceURLfromLabel(link) {
-   const label = link.innerText.trim();
+export function deduceURLfromText(text, link) {
+   const label = text.replace(/\u200b/g, '').trim();
    // Check first for e-mail.
    let match = label.match(EMAIL_REGEX);
    if (match) {
@@ -95,7 +100,7 @@ function deduceURLfromLabel(link) {
    match = URL_REGEX_WITH_INFOS.exec(label);
    URL_REGEX_WITH_INFOS.lastIndex = 0;
    if (match && match[0] === label) {
-       const currentHttpProtocol = (link.href.match(/^http(s)?:\/\//gi) || [])[0];
+       const currentHttpProtocol = (link?.href.match(/^http(s)?:\/\//gi) || [])[0];
        if (match[2]) {
            return match[0];
        } else if (currentHttpProtocol) {
@@ -105,6 +110,11 @@ function deduceURLfromLabel(link) {
            return 'https://' + match[0];
        }
    }
+   // Check for telephone url.
+   match = label.match(PHONE_REGEX);
+   if (match) {
+       return match[1] ? match[0] : 'tel://' + match[0];
+   }
    return null;
 }
 
@@ -242,7 +252,8 @@ export function sanitize(nodeToSanitize, root = nodeToSanitize) {
         // Update link URL if label is a new valid link.
         const startEl = start && closestElement(start, 'a');
         if (startEl && root.contains(startEl)) {
-            const url = deduceURLfromLabel(startEl);
+            const label = startEl.innerText;
+            const url = deduceURLfromText(label, startEl);
             if (url) {
                 startEl.setAttribute('href', url);
             }
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils.js
index 29d98eb33e6..f42a6754f80 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export const URL_REGEX_WITH_INFOS = new RegExp(`((?:(?:${httpCapturedRegex}${url
 export const YOUTUBE_URL_GET_VIDEO_ID =
     /^(?:(?:https?:)?\/\/)?(?:(?:www|m)\.)?(?:youtube\.com|youtu\.be)(?:\/(?:[\w-]+\?v=|embed\/|v\/)?)([^\s?&#]+)(?:\S+)?$/i;
 export const EMAIL_REGEX = /^(mailto:)?[\w-.]+@(?:[\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4}$/i;
+export const PHONE_REGEX = /^(tel:(?:\/\/)?)?\+?[\d\s.\-()\/]{3,25}$/;
 
 export const PROTECTED_BLOCK_TAG = ['TR','TD','TABLE','TBODY','UL','OL','LI'];
 
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/link.test.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/link.test.js
index 52346843fec..2dad1471ae9 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/link.test.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/odoo-editor/test/spec/link.test.js
@@ -680,14 +680,14 @@ describe('Link', () => {
                     window.chai.expect(a.parentElement.isContentEditable).to.be.equal(false);
                     await deleteBackward(editor);
                     window.chai.expect(a.parentElement.isContentEditable).to.be.equal(false);
-                    await insertText(editor, '1');
+                    await insertText(editor, 'a');
                     window.chai.expect(a.parentElement.isContentEditable).to.be.equal(false);
-                    await insertText(editor, '2');
+                    await insertText(editor, 'b');
                     window.chai.expect(a.parentElement.isContentEditable).to.be.equal(false);
-                    await insertText(editor, '3');
+                    await insertText(editor, 'c');
                     window.chai.expect(a.parentElement.isContentEditable).to.be.equal(false);
                 },
-                contentAfter: '<p>a<a href="#/">123[]</a>c</p>',
+                contentAfter: '<p>a<a href="#/">abc[]</a>c</p>',
             });
         });
         it('should delete the content from the link when popover is active', async () => {
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 7e6bc30013a..32a9d850d12 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link.js
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ import {
     useState,
     useRef,
 } from "@odoo/owl";
+import { deduceURLfromText } from "@web_editor/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/sanitize";
 
-const getDeepRange = OdooEditorLib.getDeepRange;
-const getInSelection = OdooEditorLib.getInSelection;
-const EMAIL_REGEX = OdooEditorLib.EMAIL_REGEX;
+const { getDeepRange, getInSelection, EMAIL_REGEX, PHONE_REGEX } = OdooEditorLib;
 
 /**
  * Allows to customize link content and style.
@@ -249,6 +248,15 @@ export class Link extends Component {
         }
         return url;
     }
+    _deduceUrl(text) {
+        text = text.trim();
+        if (/^(https?:|mailto:|tel:)/.test(text)) {
+            // Text begins with a known protocol, accept it as valid URL.
+            return text;
+        } else {
+            return deduceURLfromText(text, this.linkEl) || '';
+        }
+    }
     /**
      * Abstract method: return true if the URL should be stripped of its domain.
      *
@@ -291,17 +299,14 @@ export class Link extends Component {
             (type && size ? (' btn-' + size) : '');
         var isNewWindow = this._isNewWindow(url);
         var doStripDomain = this._doStripDomain();
-        const emailMatch = url.match(EMAIL_REGEX);
-        if (emailMatch) {
-            url = emailMatch[1] ? emailMatch[0] : 'mailto:' + emailMatch[0];
-        } else if (url.indexOf(location.origin) === 0 && doStripDomain) {
-            url = url.slice(location.origin.length);
+        if (this.state.url.indexOf(location.origin) === 0 && doStripDomain) {
+            this.state.url = this.state.url.slice(location.origin.length);
         }
         var allWhitespace = /\s+/gi;
         var allStartAndEndSpace = /^\s+|\s+$/gi;
         return {
             content: content,
-            url: this._correctLink(url),
+            url: this._correctLink(this.state.url),
             classes: classes.replace(allWhitespace, ' ').replace(allStartAndEndSpace, ''),
             customTextColor: customTextColor,
             customFill: customFill,
@@ -538,13 +543,7 @@ export class Link extends Component {
             this.state.originalText = this.state.originalText ? this.state.originalText.replace(/[ \t\r\n]+/g, ' ') : '';
         }
 
-
-        if (!this.state.url) {
-            const urls = this.state.originalText.match(OdooEditorLib.URL_REGEX_WITH_INFOS);
-            if (urls) {
-                this.state.url = urls[0];
-            }
-        }
+        this.state.url ||= this._deduceUrl(this.state.originalText, this.linkEl);
 
         if (this.linkEl) {
             this.initialNewWindow = this.initialNewWindow || this.linkEl.target === '_blank';
@@ -625,6 +624,8 @@ export class Link extends Component {
      * @private
      */
     __onURLInput() {
+        const inputValue = this.$el[0].querySelector('#o_link_dialog_url_input').value;
+        this.state.url = this._deduceUrl(inputValue, this.linkEl) || inputValue;
         this._onURLInput(...arguments);
     }
     /**
@@ -634,7 +635,7 @@ export class Link extends Component {
         this._savedURLInputOnDestroy = true;
         var $linkUrlInput = this.$el.find('#o_link_dialog_url_input');
         let value = $linkUrlInput.val();
-        let isLink = !EMAIL_REGEX.test(value);
+        let isLink = !EMAIL_REGEX.test(value) && !PHONE_REGEX.test(value);
         this._getIsNewWindowFormRow().toggleClass('d-none', !isLink);
         this.$el.find('.o_strip_domain').toggleClass('d-none', value.indexOf(window.location.origin) !== 0);
     }