diff --git a/src/app/api/admin/settings/route.ts b/src/app/api/admin/settings/route.ts
index 51ad16dcc..7cbb95b6c 100644
--- a/src/app/api/admin/settings/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/admin/settings/route.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ export const GET = apiHandler(async () => {
     reminderLateMinutes: settings?.reminderLateMinutes ?? 120,
     reminderMissedMinutes: settings?.reminderMissedMinutes ?? 240,
     moodLogGlobal: settings?.moodLogGlobal ?? true,
+    // Document vault limits (per-file cap + per-user quota default). BigInt
+    // column → Number for the JSON envelope (values are far below 2^53).
+    documentMaxFileBytes: settings?.documentMaxFileBytes ?? 26_214_400,
+    documentQuotaBytes:
+      settings?.documentQuotaBytes !== undefined
+        ? Number(settings.documentQuotaBytes)
+        : 1_073_741_824,
     // v1.4.25 W7 — null means "fall back to Europe/Berlin in the
     // resolver"; surfacing the raw value lets the admin UI render
     // an empty picker placeholder until they opt in.
@@ -176,6 +183,17 @@ export const PUT = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
     auditDetails.reminderMissedMinutes = data.reminderMissedMinutes;
   }
 
+  // Document vault limits (schema already bounds both; the upload-time
+  // resolver clamps the cap to the hard ceiling again as defence-in-depth).
+  if (data.documentMaxFileBytes !== undefined) {
+    updates.documentMaxFileBytes = data.documentMaxFileBytes;
+    auditDetails.documentMaxFileBytes = data.documentMaxFileBytes;
+  }
+  if (data.documentQuotaBytes !== undefined) {
+    updates.documentQuotaBytes = BigInt(data.documentQuotaBytes);
+    auditDetails.documentQuotaBytes = data.documentQuotaBytes;
+  }
+
   // v1.4.25 W7 — server-default timezone for new signups.
   // Empty string clears the override (resolver falls back to
   // Europe/Berlin); a non-empty string must pass Intl validation
@@ -240,6 +258,8 @@ export const PUT = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
     reminderLateMinutes: settings.reminderLateMinutes,
     reminderMissedMinutes: settings.reminderMissedMinutes,
     moodLogGlobal: settings.moodLogGlobal,
+    documentMaxFileBytes: settings.documentMaxFileBytes,
+    documentQuotaBytes: Number(settings.documentQuotaBytes),
     defaultUserTimezone: settings.defaultUserTimezone,
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/api/admin/users/[id]/route.ts b/src/app/api/admin/users/[id]/route.ts
index 7270e4b93..ea105fcc4 100644
--- a/src/app/api/admin/users/[id]/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/admin/users/[id]/route.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ const updateUserSchema = z.object({
   // v1.23 — per-user "require a second factor" override. Effective requirement
   // is the OR of this and the instance-wide AppSettings.mfaRequired policy.
   mfaEnforced: z.boolean().optional(),
+  // Document vault — per-user storage-quota override in bytes. Null clears
+  // the override (the instance default applies again). Same bounds as the
+  // instance-wide setting.
+  documentQuotaBytes: z
+    .number()
+    .int()
+    .min(10_485_760)
+    .max(1_099_511_627_776)
+    .nullable()
+    .optional(),
 });
 
 export const PUT = apiHandler(
@@ -70,6 +80,12 @@ export const PUT = apiHandler(
         ...(parsed.data.mfaEnforced !== undefined && {
           mfaEnforced: parsed.data.mfaEnforced,
         }),
+        ...(parsed.data.documentQuotaBytes !== undefined && {
+          documentQuotaBytes:
+            parsed.data.documentQuotaBytes === null
+              ? null
+              : BigInt(parsed.data.documentQuotaBytes),
+        }),
       },
       select: {
         id: true,
@@ -78,6 +94,7 @@ export const PUT = apiHandler(
         role: true,
         createdAt: true,
         mfaEnforced: true,
+        documentQuotaBytes: true,
       },
     });
 
@@ -87,6 +104,13 @@ export const PUT = apiHandler(
       details: { targetUserId: id, changes: parsed.data },
     });
 
-    return apiSuccess(updatedUser);
+    return apiSuccess({
+      ...updatedUser,
+      // BigInt → Number for the JSON envelope; null = no override.
+      documentQuotaBytes:
+        updatedUser.documentQuotaBytes === null
+          ? null
+          : Number(updatedUser.documentQuotaBytes),
+    });
   },
 );
diff --git a/src/lib/validations/admin.ts b/src/lib/validations/admin.ts
index 441935479..889bdfe42 100644
--- a/src/lib/validations/admin.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validations/admin.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,23 @@ export const adminSettingsSchema = z
     reminderLateMinutes: z.number().int().min(15).max(480).optional(),
     reminderMissedMinutes: z.number().int().min(30).max(720).optional(),
     moodLogGlobal: z.boolean().optional(),
+    // Document vault — the two admin-tunable limits. The per-file cap is
+    // bounded by the hard 100 MiB ceiling (single-shot GCM + bounded
+    // in-memory reads are load-bearing past that; the runtime resolver
+    // clamps again as defence-in-depth). The quota accepts up to 1 TiB —
+    // BYTEA rides pg_dump, so anything larger is an operator error.
+    documentMaxFileBytes: z
+      .number()
+      .int()
+      .min(1_048_576)
+      .max(104_857_600)
+      .optional(),
+    documentQuotaBytes: z
+      .number()
+      .int()
+      .min(10_485_760)
+      .max(1_099_511_627_776)
+      .optional(),
     // v1.4.25 W7 — server-wide default timezone for new signups
     // that don't carry a browser-detected zone. The route validates
     // against Intl.supportedValuesOf at runtime; this schema just