diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 102c6b6025..7e6b377a42 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,17 +11,18 @@ and this project adheres to
 - 🚸(frontend) redirect on current url tab after 401 #2197
 - 🐛(frontend) abort check media status unmount #2194
 - ✨(backend) order pinned documents by last updated at #2028
+- 🐛(frontend) sanitize pasted toolbar links #2214
 
 ### Changed
 
- - ♿️(frontend) structure correctly 5xx error alerts #2128
+- ♿️(frontend) structure correctly 5xx error alerts #2128
 
 ## [v4.8.6] - 2026-04-08
 
 ### Added
 
-- 🚸(frontend) allow opening "@page" links with 
-ctrl/command/middle-mouse click #2170
+- 🚸(frontend) allow opening "@page" links with
+  ctrl/command/middle-mouse click #2170
 - ✅ E2E - Any instance friendly #2142
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/BlockNoteEditor.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/BlockNoteEditor.tsx
index f4b19a99d6..dcd3e69fc4 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/BlockNoteEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/BlockNoteEditor.tsx
@@ -88,6 +88,32 @@ interface BlockNoteEditorProps {
   provider: HocuspocusProvider;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Strips angle brackets wrapping URLs (e.g. `<https://example.com>` → `https://example.com`).
+ * BlockNote copies links in Markdown autolink format; pasting into the link
+ * toolbar input keeps the brackets, producing broken hrefs.
+ */
+
+const handlePasteUrlBrackets = (e: React.ClipboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+  const target = e.target;
+  if (
+    !(target instanceof HTMLInputElement) &&
+    !(target instanceof HTMLTextAreaElement)
+  ) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const text = e.clipboardData?.getData('text/plain') ?? '';
+  const cleaned = text.replace(/^\s*<([^<>]+)>\s*$/, '$1');
+  if (cleaned === text) {
+    return;
+  }
+  e.preventDefault();
+  const start = target.selectionStart ?? target.value.length;
+  const end = target.selectionEnd ?? target.value.length;
+  target.setRangeText(cleaned, start, end, 'end');
+  target.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', { bubbles: true }));
+};
+
 export const BlockNoteEditor = ({ doc, provider }: BlockNoteEditorProps) => {
   const { user } = useAuth();
   const { setEditor } = useEditorStore();
@@ -267,6 +293,7 @@ export const BlockNoteEditor = ({ doc, provider }: BlockNoteEditorProps) => {
   return (
     <Box
       ref={refEditorContainer}
+      onPasteCapture={handlePasteUrlBrackets}
       $css={css`
         ${cssEditor};
         ${cssComments(showComments, currentUserAvatarUrl)}