diff --git a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/tooltip/TooltipContainer.tsx b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/tooltip/TooltipContainer.tsx
index bc68ab2b67b..c36eaa739a3 100644
--- a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/tooltip/TooltipContainer.tsx
+++ b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/tooltip/TooltipContainer.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ export default function TooltipContainer(
     return width + height
   }
 
+  const clearTimers = () => {
+    clearTimeout(debounceTimeout.current)
+  }
+
   React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
     const addPositionObserver = () => {
       if (resizeObserver.current || typeof document === 'undefined') {
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ export default function TooltipContainer(
 
       try {
         resizeObserver.current = new ResizeObserver(() => {
-          clearTimeout(debounceTimeout.current)
+          clearTimers()
           debounceTimeout.current = setTimeout(
             () => forceRerender(getBodySize()),
             100
@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ export default function TooltipContainer(
       }
     }
     const removePositionObserver = () => {
-      clearTimeout(debounceTimeout.current)
+      clearTimers()
       resizeObserver.current?.disconnect()
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/tooltip/TooltipPortal.tsx b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/tooltip/TooltipPortal.tsx
index 1ecb8cd2ee8..55b9b593ad4 100644
--- a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/tooltip/TooltipPortal.tsx
+++ b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/tooltip/TooltipPortal.tsx
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ function TooltipPortal(props: TooltipProps & TooltipPortalProps) {
     }
   }
 
+  const clearTimers = () => {
+    clearTimeout(tooltipPortal[id]?.delayTimeout)
+    clearTimeout(tooltipPortal[id]?.hiddenTimeout)
+  }
+
   const removeFromDOM = (hide?: boolean) => {
     if (isActive && hide) {
       return // stop here
@@ -85,8 +90,7 @@ function TooltipPortal(props: TooltipProps & TooltipPortalProps) {
   React.useEffect(() => {
     setIsMounted(true)
 
-    clearTimeout(tooltipPortal[id]?.delayTimeout)
-    clearTimeout(tooltipPortal[id]?.hiddenTimeout)
+    clearTimers()
 
     if (active) {
       makePortal()
@@ -128,6 +132,8 @@ function TooltipPortal(props: TooltipProps & TooltipPortalProps) {
       }
     }
 
+    return clearTimers
+
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [children, active, id, hideDelay, noAnimation])
 
diff --git a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/tooltip/TooltipWithEvents.tsx b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/tooltip/TooltipWithEvents.tsx
index 64e1c1a2147..b1e2392f4e8 100644
--- a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/tooltip/TooltipWithEvents.tsx
+++ b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/tooltip/TooltipWithEvents.tsx
@@ -38,11 +38,14 @@ function TooltipWithEvents(props: TooltipProps & TooltipWithEventsProps) {
     React.useState(false)
   const [isMounted, setIsMounted] = React.useState(!target)
 
-  const onEnterTimeout = React.useRef<NodeJS.Timeout>()
-  const onLeaveTimeout = React.useRef<NodeJS.Timeout>()
+  const delayTimeout = React.useRef<NodeJS.Timeout>()
   const cloneRef = React.useRef<HTMLElement>()
   const targetRef = React.useRef<HTMLElement>()
 
+  const clearTimers = () => {
+    clearTimeout(delayTimeout.current)
+  }
+
   React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
     targetRef.current = getRefElement(cloneRef)
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
@@ -57,9 +60,7 @@ function TooltipWithEvents(props: TooltipProps & TooltipWithEventsProps) {
 
     return () => {
       clearTimers()
-      if (targetRef.current) {
-        removeEvents(targetRef.current)
-      }
+      removeEvents(targetRef.current)
     }
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [])
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ function TooltipWithEvents(props: TooltipProps & TooltipWithEventsProps) {
   }
 
   const removeEvents = (element: HTMLElement) => {
+    if (!element) return
     try {
       element.removeEventListener('click', onMouseLeave)
       element.removeEventListener('focus', onFocus)
@@ -116,11 +118,6 @@ function TooltipWithEvents(props: TooltipProps & TooltipWithEventsProps) {
     }
   }
 
-  const clearTimers = () => {
-    clearTimeout(onEnterTimeout.current)
-    clearTimeout(onLeaveTimeout.current)
-  }
-
   const onFocus = (e: MouseEvent) => {
     /**
      * VoiceOver needs to show the Tooltip in order to read the aria-describedby
@@ -146,7 +143,7 @@ function TooltipWithEvents(props: TooltipProps & TooltipWithEventsProps) {
       run()
     } else {
       clearTimers()
-      onEnterTimeout.current = setTimeout(
+      delayTimeout.current = setTimeout(
         run,
         parseFloat(String(showDelay)) || 1
       ) // have min 1 to make sure we are after onMouseLeave
@@ -174,10 +171,7 @@ function TooltipWithEvents(props: TooltipProps & TooltipWithEventsProps) {
     }
 
     if (skipPortal) {
-      onLeaveTimeout.current = setTimeout(
-        run,
-        parseFloat(String(hideDelay))
-      )
+      delayTimeout.current = setTimeout(run, parseFloat(String(hideDelay)))
     } else {
       run()
     }