diff --git a/addons/mass_mailing/static/src/js/mass_mailing_widget.js b/addons/mass_mailing/static/src/js/mass_mailing_widget.js
index a5fc02acb5e..818d08d2970 100644
--- a/addons/mass_mailing/static/src/js/mass_mailing_widget.js
+++ b/addons/mass_mailing/static/src/js/mass_mailing_widget.js
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ var MassMailingFieldHtml = FieldHtml.extend({
     _getWysiwygOptions: function () {
         const options = this._super.apply(this, arguments);
         options.resizable = false;
+        options.defaultDataForLinkTools = { isNewWindow: true };
         if (!this._wysiwygSnippetsActive) {
             delete options.snippets;
         }
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
index dae6ac6bf71..fa4c8221810 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
@@ -905,7 +905,8 @@ const Wysiwyg = Widget.extend({
             if (options.forceOpen || !this.linkTools) {
                 const $btn = this.toolbar.$el.find('#create-link');
                 if (!this.linkTools || ![options.link, ...wysiwygUtils.ancestors(options.link)].includes(this.linkTools.$link[0])) {
-                    this.linkTools = new weWidgets.LinkTools(this, {wysiwyg: this, noFocusUrl: options.noFocusUrl}, this.odooEditor.editable, {}, $btn, options.link || this.lastMediaClicked);
+                    const linkToolsData = Object.assign({}, this.options.defaultDataForLinkTools);
+                    this.linkTools = new weWidgets.LinkTools(this, {wysiwyg: this, noFocusUrl: options.noFocusUrl}, this.odooEditor.editable, linkToolsData, $btn, options.link || this.lastMediaClicked);
                 }
                 this.linkTools.noFocusUrl = options.noFocusUrl;
                 const _onMousedown = ev => {