diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b8833461..b716e2ff3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- 🐛(frontend) clear callout background on Backspace #2052
+
 - 🐛(export) keep image aspect ratio in PDF columns #2670
 - 🐛(frontend) fix redirect after deleting a document #2706
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-blocks/CalloutBlock.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-blocks/CalloutBlock.tsx
index 845d014fd..74c00457e 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-blocks/CalloutBlock.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-blocks/CalloutBlock.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   BlockNoteEditor,
   InlineContentSchema,
   StyleSchema,
+  createExtension,
   defaultProps,
 } from '@blocknote/core';
 import { insertOrUpdateBlockForSlashMenu } from '@blocknote/core/extensions';
@@ -157,6 +158,30 @@ const CalloutComponent = ({
   );
 };
 
+export const CalloutBlockShortcuts = createExtension({
+  key: 'callout-shortcuts',
+  keyboardShortcuts: {
+    Backspace: ({ editor }) => {
+      const { selection } = editor.prosemirrorState;
+      if (
+        !selection.empty ||
+        selection.$from.parentOffset !== 0 ||
+        selection.$from.parent.type.name !== 'callout'
+      ) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      // BlockNote's default conversion retains shared props, including the
+      // callout background. Reset it when removing the callout formatting.
+      editor.updateBlock(editor.getTextCursorPosition().block, {
+        type: 'paragraph',
+        props: { backgroundColor: defaultProps.backgroundColor.default },
+      });
+      return true;
+    },
+  },
+});
+
 export const CalloutBlock = createReactBlockSpec(
   {
     type: 'callout',
@@ -172,6 +197,7 @@ export const CalloutBlock = createReactBlockSpec(
       <CalloutComponent block={block} editor={editor} contentRef={contentRef} />
     ),
   },
+  [CalloutBlockShortcuts],
 );
 
 export const getCalloutReactSlashMenuItems = (
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-blocks/__tests__/CalloutBlockShortcuts.test.ts b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-blocks/__tests__/CalloutBlockShortcuts.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d322a0143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/components/custom-blocks/__tests__/CalloutBlockShortcuts.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+import {
+  BlockNoteEditor,
+  BlockNoteSchema,
+  createBlockSpec,
+  defaultBlockSpecs,
+  defaultProps,
+} from '@blocknote/core';
+import { TextSelection } from '@tiptap/pm/state';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { CalloutBlockShortcuts } from '../CalloutBlock';
+
+// Use a DOM renderer so the real editor keymaps can run without React UI.
+const schema = BlockNoteSchema.create({
+  blockSpecs: {
+    ...defaultBlockSpecs,
+    callout: createBlockSpec(
+      {
+        type: 'callout',
+        propSchema: {
+          textAlignment: defaultProps.textAlignment,
+          backgroundColor: defaultProps.backgroundColor,
+          emoji: { default: '💡' },
+        },
+        content: 'inline',
+      },
+      {
+        render: () => {
+          const dom = document.createElement('div');
+          return { dom, contentDOM: dom };
+        },
+      },
+      [CalloutBlockShortcuts],
+    )(),
+  },
+});
+
+function createEditor(content = '', backgroundColor = 'yellow') {
+  const editor = BlockNoteEditor.create({
+    schema,
+    initialContent: [
+      {
+        id: 'callout',
+        type: 'callout',
+        props: { backgroundColor, textAlignment: 'center' },
+        content,
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+  editor.mount(document.createElement('div'));
+  editor.setTextCursorPosition('callout', 'start');
+  return editor;
+}
+
+type Editor = ReturnType<typeof createEditor>;
+let editor: Editor | undefined;
+
+function backspace(editor: Editor) {
+  const view = editor.prosemirrorView;
+  return view.someProp('handleKeyDown', (handler) =>
+    handler(view, new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Backspace' })),
+  );
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  editor?._tiptapEditor.destroy();
+  editor = undefined;
+});
+
+describe('callout Backspace', () => {
+  it.each(['yellow', 'blue', 'default'])(
+    'clears the %s background when an empty callout becomes a paragraph',
+    (color) => {
+      editor = createEditor('', color);
+      backspace(editor);
+
+      expect(editor.document[0]).toMatchObject({
+        id: 'callout',
+        type: 'paragraph',
+        props: { backgroundColor: 'default', textAlignment: 'center' },
+        content: [],
+      });
+    },
+  );
+
+  it('preserves text when converting at the start of a nonempty callout', () => {
+    editor = createEditor('Keep this text');
+    backspace(editor);
+
+    expect(editor.document[0]).toMatchObject({
+      type: 'paragraph',
+      props: { backgroundColor: 'default' },
+      content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Keep this text' }],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('leaves character deletion inside a callout to the editor', () => {
+    editor = createEditor('Text');
+    editor.setTextCursorPosition('callout', 'end');
+    expect(backspace(editor)).toBeFalsy();
+
+    expect(editor.document[0]).toMatchObject({
+      type: 'callout',
+      props: { backgroundColor: 'yellow' },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('deletes selected text without converting the callout', () => {
+    editor = createEditor('Text');
+    const view = editor.prosemirrorView;
+    const start = view.state.selection.from;
+    view.dispatch(
+      view.state.tr.setSelection(
+        TextSelection.create(view.state.doc, start, start + 4),
+      ),
+    );
+    backspace(editor);
+
+    expect(editor.document[0]).toMatchObject({
+      type: 'callout',
+      props: { backgroundColor: 'yellow' },
+      content: [],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('does not clear the background of an ordinary paragraph', () => {
+    editor = createEditor();
+    editor.updateBlock('callout', { type: 'paragraph' });
+    editor.setTextCursorPosition('callout', 'start');
+    backspace(editor);
+
+    expect(editor.document[0]).toMatchObject({
+      type: 'paragraph',
+      props: { backgroundColor: 'yellow' },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('restores the callout and its background in one undo', () => {
+    editor = createEditor('Text', 'blue');
+    backspace(editor);
+    editor.undo();
+
+    expect(editor.document[0]).toMatchObject({
+      type: 'callout',
+      props: { backgroundColor: 'blue' },
+      content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Text' }],
+    });
+  });
+});