diff --git a/handlers/admin/admin_user_editor.py b/handlers/admin/admin_user_editor.py
index fd57f4c8..e2576bfe 100644
--- a/handlers/admin/admin_user_editor.py
+++ b/handlers/admin/admin_user_editor.py
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ async def prompt_username(callback_query: CallbackQuery, state: FSMContext):
 async def handle_username_input(
     message: types.Message, state: FSMContext, session: Any
 ):
-    username = message.text.strip().lstrip("@")
+    # Extract the username from a message text by removing leading '@' and the Telegram URL prefix
+    username = message.text.strip().lstrip('@').replace('https://t.me/', '')
     user_record = await session.fetchrow(
         "SELECT tg_id FROM users WHERE username = $1", username
     )