diff --git a/api/src/routes/settings.test.ts b/api/src/routes/settings.test.ts
index 2b0e83ffd7f..490bb9b3a93 100644
--- a/api/src/routes/settings.test.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/settings.test.ts
@@ -530,11 +530,26 @@ Please wait 5 minutes to resend an authentication link.`
         expect(response.statusCode).toEqual(200);
       });
 
+      test('PUT accepts empty strings for socials', async () => {
+        const response = await superPut('/update-my-socials').send({
+          website: 'https://www.freecodecamp.org/',
+          twitter: '',
+          linkedin: '',
+          githubProfile: ''
+        });
+
+        expect(response.body).toEqual({
+          message: 'flash.updated-socials',
+          type: 'success'
+        });
+        expect(response.statusCode).toEqual(200);
+      });
+
       test('PUT returns 400 status code with invalid socials setting', async () => {
         const response = await superPut('/update-my-socials').send({
           website: 'invalid',
-          twitter: 'invalid',
-          linkedin: 'invalid',
+          twitter: '',
+          linkedin: '',
           githubProfile: 'invalid'
         });
 
diff --git a/api/src/schemas/settings/update-my-socials.ts b/api/src/schemas/settings/update-my-socials.ts
index fd4f4fee7bc..f0a3e98c3be 100644
--- a/api/src/schemas/settings/update-my-socials.ts
+++ b/api/src/schemas/settings/update-my-socials.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 import { Type } from '@fastify/type-provider-typebox';
 
+const urlOrEmptyString = Type.Union([
+  Type.Literal(''),
+  Type.String({ format: 'uri', maxLength: 1024 })
+]);
+
 export const updateMySocials = {
   body: Type.Object({
-    website: Type.Optional(Type.String({ format: 'url', maxLength: 1024 })),
-    twitter: Type.Optional(Type.String({ format: 'url', maxLength: 1024 })),
-    githubProfile: Type.Optional(
-      Type.String({ format: 'url', maxLength: 1024 })
-    ),
-    linkedin: Type.Optional(Type.String({ format: 'url', maxLength: 1024 }))
+    website: urlOrEmptyString,
+    twitter: urlOrEmptyString,
+    githubProfile: urlOrEmptyString,
+    linkedin: urlOrEmptyString
   }),
   response: {
     200: Type.Object({