diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/prefs/CalendarPrefs.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/prefs/CalendarPrefs.kt
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+package de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.data.prefs
+
+import androidx.datastore.core.DataStore
+import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.Preferences
+import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.edit
+import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.stringPreferencesKey
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.map
+import javax.inject.Inject
+import javax.inject.Singleton
+
+/**
+ * App-side preference for "calendars the user has hidden in this app",
+ * separate from the system's per-calendar VISIBLE flag.
+ *
+ * Persisted as a comma-separated string of Long ids; non-numeric tokens are
+ * silently dropped (defensive — see CalendarPrefsTest).
+ */
+@Singleton
+class CalendarPrefs @Inject constructor(
+    private val store: DataStore<Preferences>,
+) {
+
+    val hiddenCalendarIds: Flow<Set<Long>> = store.data.map { prefs ->
+        prefs[HIDDEN_IDS_KEY].orEmpty()
+            .split(',')
+            .mapNotNull { it.trim().toLongOrNull() }
+            .toSet()
+    }
+
+    suspend fun setHiddenCalendarIds(ids: Set<Long>) {
+        store.edit { prefs ->
+            if (ids.isEmpty()) {
+                prefs.remove(HIDDEN_IDS_KEY)
+            } else {
+                prefs[HIDDEN_IDS_KEY] = ids.sorted().joinToString(",")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    companion object {
+        internal val HIDDEN_IDS_KEY = stringPreferencesKey("hidden_calendar_ids")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/prefs/CalendarPrefsTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/prefs/CalendarPrefsTest.kt
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+package de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.data.prefs
+
+import androidx.datastore.core.DataStore
+import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.PreferenceDataStoreFactory
+import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.Preferences
+import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.first
+import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir
+import java.nio.file.Path
+
+class CalendarPrefsTest {
+
+    private fun newDataStore(tempDir: Path): DataStore<Preferences> =
+        PreferenceDataStoreFactory.create(
+            produceFile = { tempDir.resolve("test_prefs.preferences_pb").toFile() },
+        )
+
+    @Test
+    fun `hiddenCalendarIds defaults to empty when unset`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) = runTest {
+        val prefs = CalendarPrefs(newDataStore(tempDir))
+        assertThat(prefs.hiddenCalendarIds.first()).isEmpty()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `setHiddenCalendarIds round-trips through DataStore`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) = runTest {
+        val store = newDataStore(tempDir)
+        val prefs = CalendarPrefs(store)
+        prefs.setHiddenCalendarIds(setOf(1L, 42L, 7L))
+        assertThat(prefs.hiddenCalendarIds.first()).isEqualTo(setOf(1L, 42L, 7L))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `setting empty set clears storage`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) = runTest {
+        val prefs = CalendarPrefs(newDataStore(tempDir))
+        prefs.setHiddenCalendarIds(setOf(1L))
+        prefs.setHiddenCalendarIds(emptySet())
+        assertThat(prefs.hiddenCalendarIds.first()).isEmpty()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `garbage stored string is parsed defensively`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) = runTest {
+        val store = newDataStore(tempDir)
+        val prefs = CalendarPrefs(store)
+        store.updateData { p ->
+            val mutable = p.toMutablePreferences()
+            mutable[CalendarPrefs.HIDDEN_IDS_KEY] = "1,abc,3"
+            mutable
+        }
+        assertThat(prefs.hiddenCalendarIds.first()).isEqualTo(setOf(1L, 3L))
+    }
+}