diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/lib/odoo-editor/src/commands/deleteBackward.js b/addons/web_editor/static/lib/odoo-editor/src/commands/deleteBackward.js
index 0b8a01e2185..a0c24356be0 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/lib/odoo-editor/src/commands/deleteBackward.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/lib/odoo-editor/src/commands/deleteBackward.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
     isVisible,
     isVisibleStr,
     leftPos,
+    rightPos,
     moveNodes,
     nodeSize,
     prepareUpdate,
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ import {
     splitTextNode,
     isMediaElement,
     isVisibleEmpty,
+    isNotEditableNode,
+    createDOMPathGenerator,
 } from '../utils/utils.js';
 
 Text.prototype.oDeleteBackward = function (offset, alreadyMoved = false) {
@@ -65,6 +68,10 @@ Text.prototype.oDeleteBackward = function (offset, alreadyMoved = false) {
     setSelection(parentNode, firstSplitOffset);
 };
 
+const isDeletable = (node) => {
+    return isMediaElement(node) || isNotEditableNode(node);
+}
+
 HTMLElement.prototype.oDeleteBackward = function (offset, alreadyMoved = false, offsetLimit) {
     const contentIsZWS = this.textContent === '\u200B';
     let moveDest;
@@ -74,18 +81,11 @@ HTMLElement.prototype.oDeleteBackward = function (offset, alreadyMoved = false,
             throw UNREMOVABLE_ROLLBACK_CODE;
         }
         if (
-            isMediaElement(leftNode) ||
-            (leftNode.getAttribute &&
-                typeof leftNode.getAttribute('contenteditable') === 'string' &&
-                leftNode.getAttribute('contenteditable').toLowerCase() === 'false')
+            isDeletable(leftNode)
         ) {
             leftNode.remove();
             return;
         }
-        if (leftNode.getAttribute && leftNode.getAttribute('contenteditable') === 'false') {
-            leftNode.remove();
-            return;
-        }
         if (!isBlock(leftNode) || isVisibleEmpty(leftNode)) {
             /**
              * Backspace just after an inline node, convert to backspace at the
@@ -162,6 +162,16 @@ HTMLElement.prototype.oDeleteBackward = function (offset, alreadyMoved = false,
         moveDest = leftPos(this);
     }
 
+    const domPathGenerator = createDOMPathGenerator(DIRECTIONS.LEFT, {
+        leafOnly: true,
+        stopTraverseFunction: isDeletable,
+    });
+    const domPath = domPathGenerator(this, offset)
+    const leftNode = domPath.next().value;
+    if (leftNode && isDeletable(leftNode)) {
+        const [parent, offset] = rightPos(leftNode);
+        return parent.oDeleteBackward(offset, alreadyMoved);
+    }
     let node = this.childNodes[offset];
     const nextSibling = this.nextSibling;
     let currentNodeIndex = offset;
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/lib/odoo-editor/test/spec/editor.test.js b/addons/web_editor/static/lib/odoo-editor/test/spec/editor.test.js
index fe799300391..b7ea65210f6 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/lib/odoo-editor/test/spec/editor.test.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/lib/odoo-editor/test/spec/editor.test.js
@@ -1358,6 +1358,33 @@ X[]
                         contentAfter: `<div>[]def</div>`,
                     });
                 });
+                it('should remove contenteditable="false" at the beggining of a P', async () => {
+                    await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
+                        contentBefore: `<p>abc</p><div contenteditable="false">def</div><p>[]ghi</p>`,
+                        stepFunction: async editor => {
+                            await deleteBackward(editor);
+                        },
+                        contentAfter: `<p>abc</p><p>[]ghi</p>`,
+                    });
+                });
+                it('should remove a fontawesome', async () => {
+                    await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
+                        contentBefore: `<p>abc</p><span class="fa"></span><p>[]def</p>`,
+                        stepFunction: async editor => {
+                            await deleteBackward(editor);
+                        },
+                        contentAfter: `<p>abc</p><p>[]def</p>`,
+                    });
+                });
+                it('should remove a media element', async () => {
+                    await testEditor(BasicEditor, {
+                        contentBefore: `<p>abc</p><div class="o_image"></div><p>[]def</p>`,
+                        stepFunction: async editor => {
+                            await deleteBackward(editor);
+                        },
+                        contentAfter: `<p>abc</p><p>[]def</p>`,
+                    });
+                });
             });
             describe('Line breaks', () => {
                 describe('Single', () => {