diff --git a/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/crypto/plaintext-allowlist.ts b/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/crypto/plaintext-allowlist.ts
index fdb0d282d..4ec55c8da 100644
--- a/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/crypto/plaintext-allowlist.ts
+++ b/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/crypto/plaintext-allowlist.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ export const PLAINTEXT_ALLOWLIST: readonly string[] = [
 	'uloadFolders', // TODO: audit
 	'uloadTags', // TODO: audit
 	'userSettings', // TODO: audit
-	'userTagPresets', // v34 table — intent is to encrypt (tag-preset names + inline tag names are sensitive); declared plaintext here for 2b so the audit passes, moves to ENCRYPTION_REGISTRY in Phase 2d alongside the store API
 	'wateringLogs', // TODO: audit
 	'wateringSchedules', // TODO: audit
 	'wetterLocations', // TODO: audit
diff --git a/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/crypto/registry.ts b/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/crypto/registry.ts
index c9e42afd3..8f8fe0217 100644
--- a/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/crypto/registry.ts
+++ b/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/crypto/registry.ts
@@ -586,6 +586,17 @@ export const ENCRYPTION_REGISTRY: Record<string, EncryptionConfig> = {
 	// and mission-detail filters.
 	aiMissions: { enabled: false, fields: ['title', 'conceptMarkdown', 'objective'] },
 
+	// ─── User-level Tag Presets ──────────────────────────────
+	// Named templates the user applies when creating a new Space. The
+	// preset `name` (e.g. "Mein Standard") and the entire `tags` array
+	// (which contains per-entry tag names) are user-authored personal
+	// content that leaks categorization intent — encrypt both. `userId`,
+	// `isDefault`, timestamps stay plaintext for the indexed query path.
+	// AES wrapping handles `tags` as an array via JSON-stringify (same
+	// pattern as food.foods / recipes.ingredients).
+	// See docs/plans/space-scoped-data-model.md §5.
+	userTagPresets: { enabled: true, fields: ['name', 'tags'] },
+
 	// ─── Tags (shared-stores) ────────────────────────────────
 	// docs/plans/space-scoped-data-model.md §2a — declared with
 	// enabled:false during prep; flips to true in 2c. Tag names like
diff --git a/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/tag-presets/queries.ts b/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/tag-presets/queries.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36b1d0db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/tag-presets/queries.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/**
+ * userTagPresets — reactive read surface.
+ *
+ * Always scoped to the current user; no active-space filter (presets are
+ * user-level and the picker runs from any Space context).
+ */
+
+import { useLiveQueryWithDefault } from '@mana/local-store/svelte';
+import { db } from '$lib/data/database';
+import { decryptRecords } from '$lib/data/crypto';
+import { getCurrentUserId } from '$lib/data/current-user';
+import type { LocalUserTagPreset, UserTagPreset } from './types';
+import { toUserTagPreset } from './types';
+
+export function useUserTagPresets() {
+	return useLiveQueryWithDefault(async () => {
+		const userId = getCurrentUserId();
+		if (!userId) return [] as UserTagPreset[];
+
+		const rows = await db
+			.table<LocalUserTagPreset>('userTagPresets')
+			.where('userId')
+			.equals(userId)
+			.toArray();
+
+		const visible = rows.filter((p) => !p.deletedAt);
+		const decrypted = await decryptRecords('userTagPresets', visible);
+		return decrypted.map(toUserTagPreset).sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name, 'de'));
+	}, [] as UserTagPreset[]);
+}
+
+export function useDefaultTagPreset() {
+	return useLiveQueryWithDefault(
+		async () => {
+			const userId = getCurrentUserId();
+			if (!userId) return null;
+
+			const row = await db
+				.table<LocalUserTagPreset>('userTagPresets')
+				.where('userId')
+				.equals(userId)
+				.and((p) => p.isDefault && !p.deletedAt)
+				.first();
+
+			if (!row) return null;
+			const [decrypted] = await decryptRecords('userTagPresets', [row]);
+			return decrypted ? toUserTagPreset(decrypted) : null;
+		},
+		null as UserTagPreset | null
+	);
+}
diff --git a/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/tag-presets/store.svelte.ts b/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/tag-presets/store.svelte.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ead5046f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/tag-presets/store.svelte.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/**
+ * userTagPresets — CRUD store.
+ *
+ * Lives at the user level (no spaceId). Encrypted: the preset `name` and
+ * the whole `tags` array (which contains per-entry tag names) are
+ * user-authored personal content and leak categorization intent.
+ *
+ * The Dexie creating hook does NOT fire for this table — userTagPresets
+ * is intentionally kept out of SYNC_APP_MAP for now (local-only, added
+ * to sync as a follow-up once the Space-create UI lands in Phase 5 of
+ * the plan). That means we stamp `userId` + timestamps explicitly below.
+ *
+ * See docs/plans/space-scoped-data-model.md §5.
+ */
+
+import { db } from '$lib/data/database';
+import { encryptRecord, decryptRecords } from '$lib/data/crypto';
+import { getEffectiveUserId } from '$lib/data/current-user';
+import type {
+	LocalUserTagPreset,
+	CreatePresetInput,
+	UpdatePresetInput,
+	UserTagPreset,
+	TagPresetEntry,
+} from './types';
+import { toUserTagPreset } from './types';
+
+const table = db.table<LocalUserTagPreset>('userTagPresets');
+
+function now(): string {
+	return new Date().toISOString();
+}
+
+async function clearDefaultFlag(userId: string, exceptId?: string): Promise<void> {
+	// Only one preset per user may carry isDefault:true. When setting a new
+	// default (or creating a default), flip every other of this user's
+	// presets off in the same transaction.
+	const rows = await table
+		.where('userId')
+		.equals(userId)
+		.and((p) => p.isDefault && p.id !== exceptId)
+		.toArray();
+	for (const row of rows) {
+		await table.update(row.id, { isDefault: false, updatedAt: now() });
+	}
+}
+
+export const tagPresetsStore = {
+	async createPreset(input: CreatePresetInput): Promise<UserTagPreset> {
+		const userId = getEffectiveUserId();
+		const timestamp = now();
+		const newLocal: LocalUserTagPreset = {
+			id: crypto.randomUUID(),
+			userId,
+			name: input.name,
+			isDefault: input.isDefault ?? false,
+			tags: input.tags ?? [],
+			createdAt: timestamp,
+			updatedAt: timestamp,
+		};
+
+		if (newLocal.isDefault) await clearDefaultFlag(userId, newLocal.id);
+
+		const plaintextSnapshot = toUserTagPreset(newLocal);
+		await encryptRecord('userTagPresets', newLocal);
+		await table.add(newLocal);
+		return plaintextSnapshot;
+	},
+
+	async updatePreset(id: string, input: UpdatePresetInput): Promise<void> {
+		const existing = await table.get(id);
+		if (!existing) throw new Error(`Preset ${id} not found`);
+
+		if (input.isDefault === true) {
+			await clearDefaultFlag(existing.userId, id);
+		}
+
+		const diff: Partial<LocalUserTagPreset> = {
+			...(input.name !== undefined && { name: input.name }),
+			...(input.tags !== undefined && { tags: input.tags }),
+			...(input.isDefault !== undefined && { isDefault: input.isDefault }),
+			updatedAt: now(),
+		};
+		await encryptRecord('userTagPresets', diff);
+		await table.update(id, diff);
+	},
+
+	async deletePreset(id: string): Promise<void> {
+		await table.update(id, { deletedAt: now(), updatedAt: now() });
+	},
+
+	async setDefault(id: string): Promise<void> {
+		const existing = await table.get(id);
+		if (!existing) throw new Error(`Preset ${id} not found`);
+		await clearDefaultFlag(existing.userId, id);
+		await table.update(id, { isDefault: true, updatedAt: now() });
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds one entry to an existing preset. Handy for the "promote this
+	 * tag into a preset" flow from the tag manager UI — no need to
+	 * replace the whole `tags` array from the caller.
+	 */
+	async appendEntry(id: string, entry: TagPresetEntry): Promise<void> {
+		const existing = await table.get(id);
+		if (!existing) throw new Error(`Preset ${id} not found`);
+		const [decrypted] = await decryptRecords('userTagPresets', [existing]);
+		const next = [...(decrypted?.tags ?? []), entry];
+		await this.updatePreset(id, { tags: next });
+	},
+};
diff --git a/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/tag-presets/types.ts b/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/tag-presets/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0497f031e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mana/apps/web/src/lib/data/tag-presets/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/**
+ * User-level tag presets.
+ *
+ * A preset is a named, snapshot-shaped tag bundle the user can apply
+ * when creating a new Space. Presets live at the user level (cross-Space)
+ * so the picker can show them from any Space context.
+ *
+ * The preset's `tags` field is a frozen snapshot — not live references
+ * to existing globalTags rows. Applying a preset to a Space one-shot-
+ * copies each entry as a fresh `globalTags` row with a new UUID.
+ *
+ * See docs/plans/space-scoped-data-model.md §5.
+ */
+
+export interface TagPresetEntry {
+	name: string;
+	color: string;
+	icon?: string;
+	/**
+	 * Optional group-by label on the preset. When the preset is applied to
+	 * a Space, we create a `tagGroups` row for each distinct groupName and
+	 * link the resulting globalTags to it — so the user's familiar grouping
+	 * shows up without them having to rebuild it per Space.
+	 */
+	groupName?: string;
+}
+
+export interface LocalUserTagPreset {
+	id: string;
+	userId: string;
+	name: string;
+	/** At most one preset per user may be the default. */
+	isDefault: boolean;
+	tags: TagPresetEntry[];
+	createdAt: string;
+	updatedAt: string;
+	deletedAt?: string;
+}
+
+export type UserTagPreset = Omit<LocalUserTagPreset, 'deletedAt'>;
+
+export function toUserTagPreset(local: LocalUserTagPreset): UserTagPreset {
+	return {
+		id: local.id,
+		userId: local.userId,
+		name: local.name,
+		isDefault: local.isDefault,
+		tags: local.tags ?? [],
+		createdAt: local.createdAt,
+		updatedAt: local.updatedAt,
+	};
+}
+
+export interface CreatePresetInput {
+	name: string;
+	tags?: TagPresetEntry[];
+	isDefault?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface UpdatePresetInput {
+	name?: string;
+	tags?: TagPresetEntry[];
+	isDefault?: boolean;
+}