diff --git a/apps/api/src/admin/backup-admin.e2e.db.test.ts b/apps/api/src/admin/backup-admin.e2e.db.test.ts
index 0e0fa05..31c3728 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/admin/backup-admin.e2e.db.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/admin/backup-admin.e2e.db.test.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ describe.skipIf(!hasTestDb)('backup admin (e2e, issue #103)', () => {
     secretsFile = join(mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'dorfteich-backup-secrets-')), 'secrets.env');
     process.env.BACKUPS_DIR = backupsDir;
     process.env.SECRETS_FILE = secretsFile;
+    // The in-test WebDAV server must be allowlisted (issue #192) — the
+    // policy paths themselves are covered by backup-allowlist*.e2e.db.test.ts.
+    process.env.BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS = '127.0.0.1';
     davUrl = await dav.start();
     prisma = createTestPrisma();
     await prisma.rateLimit.deleteMany({});
diff --git a/apps/api/src/admin/backup-admin.service.ts b/apps/api/src/admin/backup-admin.service.ts
index cb4b062..4396bc8 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/admin/backup-admin.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/admin/backup-admin.service.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export class BackupAdminService {
    */
   async saveSettings(input: BackupSettingsInput, actor: User): Promise<BackupSettingsView> {
     if (input.nextcloud.enabled) {
+      this.assertTargetAllowed(input.nextcloud.baseUrl);
       const test = await this.target.testConnection({
         baseUrl: input.nextcloud.baseUrl,
         username: input.nextcloud.username,
@@ -100,9 +101,29 @@ export class BackupAdminService {
   }
 
   testConnection(input: BackupConnectionTestInput): Promise<BackupConnectionTestResult> {
+    // Policy first (issue #192): the "test connection" button must not be
+    // usable as an egress probe towards non-allowlisted hosts.
+    this.assertTargetAllowed(input.baseUrl);
     return this.target.testConnection(input);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Deploy-level target policy (issue #192, ADR 0026): an empty
+   * `BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS` disables remote targets outright; a host
+   * outside the list is rejected with an admin-visible error.
+   */
+  private assertTargetAllowed(baseUrl: string): void {
+    if (!this.target.remoteAllowed()) {
+      throw new BadRequestException({ code: 'backup_remote_disabled_by_policy' });
+    }
+    if (!this.target.targetAllowed(baseUrl)) {
+      throw new BadRequestException({
+        code: 'backup_target_not_allowed',
+        details: { nextcloud: [`host is not in BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS`] },
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
   /** Both restore sources for the picker: newest first. */
   async sets(): Promise<BackupSetsView> {
     const local = this.localSets();
diff --git a/apps/api/src/admin/backup-allowlist-empty.e2e.db.test.ts b/apps/api/src/admin/backup-allowlist-empty.e2e.db.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d2bb7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/admin/backup-allowlist-empty.e2e.db.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import { INestApplication } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { PrismaClient } from '@prisma/client';
+import request from 'supertest';
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { createTestApp, sessionCookieOf } from '../testing/test-app';
+import { createTestPrisma, hasTestDb, uniqueSuffix } from '../testing/test-db';
+import { UsersService } from '../users/users.service';
+
+/**
+ * Backup target allowlist (issue #192, ADR 0026), empty-list half: with
+ * `BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS` unset (the default) every remote target is
+ * unavailable by policy — the view says so, and enabling one is rejected
+ * before any connection attempt. Lives in its own file because the env is
+ * read once at app boot.
+ */
+describe.skipIf(!hasTestDb)('backup targets disabled by empty allowlist (e2e, issue #192)', () => {
+  let app: INestApplication;
+  let prisma: PrismaClient;
+  const suffix = uniqueSuffix();
+  const password = 'backup allowlist pass 2';
+  let adminId: string;
+  let adminCookie: string;
+
+  const api = () => request(app.getHttpServer());
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    delete process.env.BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS;
+    prisma = createTestPrisma();
+    app = await createTestApp();
+    const users = app.get(UsersService);
+    const username = `bae-admin-${suffix}`;
+    const admin = await users.createUser({
+      username,
+      email: `${username}@example.org`,
+      displayName: 'Backup Admin Empty',
+      password,
+      locale: 'en',
+    });
+    adminId = admin.id;
+    await users.markEmailVerified(adminId);
+    await prisma.user.update({ where: { id: adminId }, data: { isSiteAdmin: true } });
+    adminCookie = sessionCookieOf(
+      await api()
+        .post('/api/v1/auth/login')
+        .send({ usernameOrEmail: username, password })
+        .expect(200),
+    );
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await prisma.auditEntry.deleteMany({ where: { actorId: adminId } });
+    await prisma.session.deleteMany({ where: { userId: adminId } });
+    await prisma.userIdentity.deleteMany({ where: { userId: adminId } });
+    await prisma.user.deleteMany({ where: { id: adminId } });
+    await prisma.$disconnect();
+    await app.close();
+  });
+
+  it('reports remote targets as unavailable by policy', async () => {
+    const res = await api()
+      .get('/api/v1/admin/system/backup/settings')
+      .set('Cookie', adminCookie)
+      .expect(200);
+    expect(res.body.remoteTargets).toEqual({ allowed: false, allowlist: [] });
+  });
+
+  it('rejects enabling any remote destination', async () => {
+    const res = await api()
+      .put('/api/v1/admin/system/backup/settings')
+      .set('Cookie', adminCookie)
+      .send({
+        localRetentionDays: null,
+        remoteRetentionDays: 30,
+        nextcloud: {
+          enabled: true,
+          baseUrl: 'https://cloud.example.org/dav',
+          username: 'backupuser',
+          folder: 'dorfteich-backups',
+          uploadSchedule: 'daily',
+          password: 'app-pass',
+        },
+      })
+      .expect(400);
+    expect(res.body.code).toBe('backup_remote_disabled_by_policy');
+  });
+
+  it('rejects the connection test outright', async () => {
+    const res = await api()
+      .post('/api/v1/admin/system/backup/nextcloud/test')
+      .set('Cookie', adminCookie)
+      .send({
+        baseUrl: 'https://cloud.example.org/dav',
+        username: 'backupuser',
+        folder: 'dorfteich-backups',
+        password: 'app-pass',
+      })
+      .expect(400);
+    expect(res.body.code).toBe('backup_remote_disabled_by_policy');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/api/src/admin/backup-allowlist.e2e.db.test.ts b/apps/api/src/admin/backup-allowlist.e2e.db.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71eb136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/admin/backup-allowlist.e2e.db.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+import { INestApplication } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { PrismaClient } from '@prisma/client';
+import request from 'supertest';
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { createTestApp, sessionCookieOf } from '../testing/test-app';
+import { createTestPrisma, hasTestDb, uniqueSuffix } from '../testing/test-db';
+import { UsersService } from '../users/users.service';
+
+// Deploy-level env — must be set BEFORE the app (AppConfig) boots.
+process.env.BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS = 'cloud.example.org';
+
+/**
+ * Backup target allowlist (issue #192, ADR 0026), populated-list half:
+ * hosts outside `BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS` are rejected admin-visibly, hosts
+ * inside pass the policy. The empty-list half lives in its own file
+ * (`backup-allowlist-empty.e2e.db.test.ts`) because the env is read once
+ * at app boot.
+ */
+describe.skipIf(!hasTestDb)('backup target allowlist (e2e, issue #192)', () => {
+  let app: INestApplication;
+  let prisma: PrismaClient;
+  const suffix = uniqueSuffix();
+  const password = 'backup allowlist pass 1';
+  let adminId: string;
+  let adminCookie: string;
+
+  const api = () => request(app.getHttpServer());
+
+  const settingsInput = (baseUrl: string, enabled = true) => ({
+    localRetentionDays: null,
+    remoteRetentionDays: 30,
+    nextcloud: {
+      enabled,
+      baseUrl,
+      username: 'backupuser',
+      folder: 'dorfteich-backups',
+      uploadSchedule: 'daily',
+      password: 'app-pass',
+    },
+  });
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    prisma = createTestPrisma();
+    app = await createTestApp();
+    const users = app.get(UsersService);
+    const username = `bal-admin-${suffix}`;
+    const admin = await users.createUser({
+      username,
+      email: `${username}@example.org`,
+      displayName: 'Backup Admin',
+      password,
+      locale: 'en',
+    });
+    adminId = admin.id;
+    await users.markEmailVerified(adminId);
+    await prisma.user.update({ where: { id: adminId }, data: { isSiteAdmin: true } });
+    adminCookie = sessionCookieOf(
+      await api()
+        .post('/api/v1/auth/login')
+        .send({ usernameOrEmail: username, password })
+        .expect(200),
+    );
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await prisma.instanceSetting.deleteMany({ where: { key: { startsWith: 'backup.' } } });
+    await prisma.auditEntry.deleteMany({ where: { actorId: adminId } });
+    await prisma.session.deleteMany({ where: { userId: adminId } });
+    await prisma.userIdentity.deleteMany({ where: { userId: adminId } });
+    await prisma.user.deleteMany({ where: { id: adminId } });
+    await prisma.$disconnect();
+    await app.close();
+  });
+
+  it('exposes the policy in the settings view', async () => {
+    const res = await api()
+      .get('/api/v1/admin/system/backup/settings')
+      .set('Cookie', adminCookie)
+      .expect(200);
+    expect(res.body.remoteTargets).toEqual({
+      allowed: true,
+      allowlist: ['cloud.example.org'],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('rejects enabling a destination outside the allowlist', async () => {
+    const res = await api()
+      .put('/api/v1/admin/system/backup/settings')
+      .set('Cookie', adminCookie)
+      .send(settingsInput('https://evil.example.net/dav'))
+      .expect(400);
+    expect(res.body.code).toBe('backup_target_not_allowed');
+  });
+
+  it('rejects the connection test towards a non-allowlisted host', async () => {
+    const res = await api()
+      .post('/api/v1/admin/system/backup/nextcloud/test')
+      .set('Cookie', adminCookie)
+      .send({
+        baseUrl: 'https://evil.example.net/dav',
+        username: 'backupuser',
+        folder: 'dorfteich-backups',
+        password: 'app-pass',
+      })
+      .expect(400);
+    expect(res.body.code).toBe('backup_target_not_allowed');
+  });
+
+  it('lets an allowlisted destination through the policy', async () => {
+    // The host passes the policy; what fails afterwards is the live
+    // connection test against the (unreachable) example host — proving the
+    // rejection above was the policy, not the connectivity.
+    const res = await api()
+      .put('/api/v1/admin/system/backup/settings')
+      .set('Cookie', adminCookie)
+      .send(settingsInput('https://cloud.example.org/dav'))
+      .expect(400);
+    expect(res.body.code).toBe('backup_connection_failed');
+
+    // Saving the same destination disabled skips the connection test and
+    // persists — an existing in-allowlist configuration stays untouched.
+    await api()
+      .put('/api/v1/admin/system/backup/settings')
+      .set('Cookie', adminCookie)
+      .send(settingsInput('https://cloud.example.org/dav', false))
+      .expect(200);
+    const view = await api()
+      .get('/api/v1/admin/system/backup/settings')
+      .set('Cookie', adminCookie)
+      .expect(200);
+    expect(view.body.nextcloud.baseUrl).toBe('https://cloud.example.org/dav');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/api/src/backup/backup-target.service.ts b/apps/api/src/backup/backup-target.service.ts
index 8d5f3fb..2e0eb5d 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/backup/backup-target.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/backup/backup-target.service.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
-import type { BackupConnectionTestResult, BackupSettingsView } from '@dorfteich/shared';
+import {
+  isBackupTargetAllowed,
+  type BackupConnectionTestResult,
+  type BackupSettingsView,
+} from '@dorfteich/shared';
 import { webdavCheck, type WebDavTarget } from '@dorfteich/shared/webdav';
 
+import { AppConfig } from '../config/app-config.service';
 import { SecretStoreService } from '../config/secret-store.service';
 import { InstanceSettingsService } from '../settings/instance-settings.service';
 
@@ -19,12 +24,27 @@ export class BackupTargetService {
   constructor(
     private readonly settings: InstanceSettingsService,
     private readonly secretStore: SecretStoreService,
+    private readonly config: AppConfig,
   ) {}
 
+  /** Deploy-level allowlist (issue #192): empty = remote targets disabled. */
+  allowlist(): string[] {
+    return this.config.env.BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS;
+  }
+
+  remoteAllowed(): boolean {
+    return this.allowlist().length > 0;
+  }
+
+  targetAllowed(target: string): boolean {
+    return isBackupTargetAllowed(this.allowlist(), target);
+  }
+
   async settingsView(): Promise<BackupSettingsView> {
     return {
       localRetentionDays: await this.settings.get('backup.localRetentionDays'),
       remoteRetentionDays: await this.settings.get('backup.remoteRetentionDays'),
+      remoteTargets: { allowed: this.remoteAllowed(), allowlist: this.allowlist() },
       nextcloud: {
         enabled: await this.settings.get('backup.nextcloud.enabled'),
         baseUrl: await this.settings.get('backup.nextcloud.baseUrl'),
@@ -45,6 +65,9 @@ export class BackupTargetService {
     const password = this.storedPassword();
     const { enabled, baseUrl, username, folder } = view.nextcloud;
     if (!enabled || !baseUrl || !username || !password) return null;
+    // Policy backstop (issue #192): a configured target outside the deploy
+    // allowlist behaves like no target at all.
+    if (!this.targetAllowed(baseUrl)) return null;
     return { baseUrl, username, password, folder };
   }
 
diff --git a/apps/backup/src/index.ts b/apps/backup/src/index.ts
index 2372209..69af953 100644
--- a/apps/backup/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/backup/src/index.ts
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ function readSecrets(): Record<string, string> {
  */
 async function buildRunnerDeps(trigger: 'scheduled' | 'manual'): Promise<RunnerDeps> {
   const settings = await readBackupDbSettings(env.DATABASE_URL);
-  const target = resolveRemoteTarget(settings, readSecrets());
-  const mirrorConfig = resolveMirrorConfig(env);
+  const target = resolveRemoteTarget(settings, readSecrets(), env.BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS, log);
+  const mirrorConfig = resolveMirrorConfig(env, log);
   return {
     backupsDir: env.BACKUPS_DIR,
     retentionDays: settings.localRetentionDays ?? env.BACKUP_RETENTION_DAYS,
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ async function terminateOtherConnections(): Promise<void> {
 
 async function handleRestore(command: Extract<BackupCommand, { kind: 'restore' }>): Promise<void> {
   const settings = await readBackupDbSettings(env.DATABASE_URL);
-  const target = resolveRemoteTarget(settings, readSecrets());
+  const target = resolveRemoteTarget(settings, readSecrets(), env.BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS, log);
   await orchestrateRestore(
     {
       backupsDir: env.BACKUPS_DIR,
diff --git a/apps/backup/src/mirror.test.ts b/apps/backup/src/mirror.test.ts
index e4f2e70..56153be 100644
--- a/apps/backup/src/mirror.test.ts
+++ b/apps/backup/src/mirror.test.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ function hasRsync(): boolean {
 }
 
 describe('resolveMirrorConfig', () => {
+  const base = {
+    BACKUP_MIRROR_SSH_PORT: 22,
+    BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS: ['h'],
+  } as unknown as BackupEnv;
+
   it('requires both target and key; port defaults to 22', () => {
-    const base = { BACKUP_MIRROR_SSH_PORT: 22 } as unknown as BackupEnv;
     expect(resolveMirrorConfig(base)).toBeNull();
     expect(
       resolveMirrorConfig({ ...base, BACKUP_MIRROR_TARGET: 'u@h:/x/' } as BackupEnv),
@@ -41,6 +45,21 @@ describe('resolveMirrorConfig', () => {
       } as BackupEnv),
     ).toEqual({ target: 'u@h:/x/', sshKeyFile: '/data/secrets/key', sshPort: 22 });
   });
+
+  it('is null when the target host is outside the deploy allowlist (issue #192)', () => {
+    const configured = {
+      ...base,
+      BACKUP_MIRROR_TARGET: 'u@h:/x/',
+      BACKUP_MIRROR_SSH_KEY: '/data/secrets/key',
+    } as BackupEnv;
+    expect(
+      resolveMirrorConfig({ ...configured, BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS: ['other.host'] } as BackupEnv),
+    ).toBeNull();
+    // The empty allowlist disables the mirror outright.
+    expect(
+      resolveMirrorConfig({ ...configured, BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS: [] } as BackupEnv),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
 
 describe('buildRsyncArgs', () => {
diff --git a/apps/backup/src/mirror.ts b/apps/backup/src/mirror.ts
index 7164a81..e0a5bab 100644
--- a/apps/backup/src/mirror.ts
+++ b/apps/backup/src/mirror.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { promisify } from 'node:util';
 
-import type { BackupEnv, BackupMirrorStatus } from '@dorfteich/shared';
+import { isBackupTargetAllowed, type BackupEnv, type BackupMirrorStatus } from '@dorfteich/shared';
 
 import { sendMirrorFailureMail } from './mail.js';
 import type { RemoteLogger } from './remote.js';
@@ -26,9 +26,20 @@ export interface MirrorConfig {
   sshPort: number;
 }
 
-/** The mirror configuration, or null when the env does not enable it. */
-export function resolveMirrorConfig(env: BackupEnv): MirrorConfig | null {
+/**
+ * The mirror configuration, or null when the env does not enable it — or
+ * when the target host is outside the deploy-level allowlist (issue #192,
+ * ADR 0026): an empty `BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS` disables the mirror too.
+ */
+export function resolveMirrorConfig(env: BackupEnv, log?: RemoteLogger): MirrorConfig | null {
   if (!env.BACKUP_MIRROR_TARGET || !env.BACKUP_MIRROR_SSH_KEY) return null;
+  if (!isBackupTargetAllowed(env.BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS, env.BACKUP_MIRROR_TARGET)) {
+    log?.warn(
+      { target: env.BACKUP_MIRROR_TARGET, allowlist: env.BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS },
+      'rsync mirror blocked: host not in BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS (issue #192)',
+    );
+    return null;
+  }
   return {
     target: env.BACKUP_MIRROR_TARGET,
     sshKeyFile: env.BACKUP_MIRROR_SSH_KEY,
diff --git a/apps/backup/src/remote.ts b/apps/backup/src/remote.ts
index 27132cf..09581db 100644
--- a/apps/backup/src/remote.ts
+++ b/apps/backup/src/remote.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Readable } from 'node:stream';
 import { pipeline } from 'node:stream/promises';
 
 import {
+  isBackupTargetAllowed,
   remoteBundleId,
   remoteBundleName,
   type BackupEnv,
@@ -41,14 +42,26 @@ export interface RemoteLogger {
  * The effective WebDAV target, or null when the feature is off or not fully
  * configured. The app password comes from the wizard-written secret store
  * (never the database); base URL and username from instance settings.
+ * Enforces the deploy-level target policy (issue #192, ADR 0026) at the
+ * point of egress: a configured host outside `BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS`
+ * behaves like no target — `log` (when given) says why.
  */
 export function resolveRemoteTarget(
   settings: BackupDbSettings,
   secrets: Record<string, string>,
+  allowlist: string[],
+  log?: RemoteLogger,
 ): WebDavTarget | null {
   const { enabled, baseUrl, username, folder } = settings.nextcloud;
   const password = secrets[NEXTCLOUD_PASSWORD_SECRET_KEY] ?? '';
   if (!enabled || !baseUrl || !username || !password) return null;
+  if (!isBackupTargetAllowed(allowlist, baseUrl)) {
+    log?.warn(
+      { baseUrl, allowlist },
+      'remote backup target blocked: host not in BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS (issue #192)',
+    );
+    return null;
+  }
   return { baseUrl, username, password, folder };
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/backup/src/settings.test.ts b/apps/backup/src/settings.test.ts
index b329d1e..aaa0ba3 100644
--- a/apps/backup/src/settings.test.ts
+++ b/apps/backup/src/settings.test.ts
@@ -46,8 +46,12 @@ describe('resolveRemoteTarget', () => {
     { key: 'backup.nextcloud.username', value: 'backupuser' },
   ]);
 
+  const allowlist = ['cloud.example.com'];
+
   it('combines settings with the secret-store app password', () => {
-    expect(resolveRemoteTarget(settings, { BACKUP_NEXTCLOUD_PASSWORD: 'app-pass' })).toEqual({
+    expect(
+      resolveRemoteTarget(settings, { BACKUP_NEXTCLOUD_PASSWORD: 'app-pass' }, allowlist),
+    ).toEqual({
       baseUrl: 'https://cloud.example.com',
       username: 'backupuser',
       password: 'app-pass',
@@ -56,11 +60,22 @@ describe('resolveRemoteTarget', () => {
   });
 
   it('is null when disabled or incompletely configured', () => {
-    expect(resolveRemoteTarget(settings, {})).toBeNull();
+    expect(resolveRemoteTarget(settings, {}, allowlist)).toBeNull();
     expect(
-      resolveRemoteTarget(parseBackupSettings([]), { BACKUP_NEXTCLOUD_PASSWORD: 'app-pass' }),
+      resolveRemoteTarget(
+        parseBackupSettings([]),
+        { BACKUP_NEXTCLOUD_PASSWORD: 'app-pass' },
+        allowlist,
+      ),
     ).toBeNull();
   });
+
+  it('is null when the configured host is outside the deploy allowlist (issue #192)', () => {
+    const secrets = { BACKUP_NEXTCLOUD_PASSWORD: 'app-pass' };
+    expect(resolveRemoteTarget(settings, secrets, ['other.host'])).toBeNull();
+    // The empty allowlist disables the WebDAV target outright.
+    expect(resolveRemoteTarget(settings, secrets, [])).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
 
 describe('parseCommand', () => {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/AdminBackupSection.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/AdminBackupSection.tsx
index 70d3330..11c41e8 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/AdminBackupSection.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/AdminBackupSection.tsx
@@ -291,15 +291,32 @@ function BackupSettingsForm(): React.JSX.Element {
         />
       </label>
       <p className="system-backup__hint">{t('backup.settings.localRetentionHint')}</p>
+      {!view.remoteTargets.allowed && (
+        // Unavailable by deploy policy (#192) — not merely unconfigured.
+        <p role="note" className="system-backup__hint system-backup__hint--policy">
+          {t('backup.settings.remoteDisabledByPolicy')}
+        </p>
+      )}
+      {view.remoteTargets.allowed && (
+        <p className="system-backup__hint">
+          {t('backup.settings.allowedTargets', {
+            hosts: view.remoteTargets.allowlist.join(', '),
+          })}
+        </p>
+      )}
       <label className="system-backup__checkbox">
         <input
           type="checkbox"
           checked={form.enabled}
+          disabled={!view.remoteTargets.allowed}
           onChange={(e) => update({ enabled: e.target.checked })}
         />
         {t('backup.settings.enabled')}
       </label>
-      <fieldset disabled={!form.enabled} className="system-backup__nextcloud">
+      <fieldset
+        disabled={!form.enabled || !view.remoteTargets.allowed}
+        className="system-backup__nextcloud"
+      >
         <label>
           {t('backup.settings.baseUrl')}
           <input
diff --git a/deploy/compose/.env.example b/deploy/compose/.env.example
index 1301b00..1abe43f 100644
--- a/deploy/compose/.env.example
+++ b/deploy/compose/.env.example
@@ -90,6 +90,15 @@ SMTP_FROM=Dorfteich <wiki@example.com>
 #BACKUP_MAIL_TO=ops@example.com
 #BACKUP_MAIL_LOCALE=en
 #BACKUP_INSTANCE_LABEL=dorfteich-test
+# Deploy-level allowlist of permissible backup destination HOSTS (issue
+# #192, ADR 0026), comma-separated — e.g. "cloud.example.org,172.30.1.10".
+# EMPTY (the default) DISABLES every remote target, the admin-configured
+# WebDAV/Nextcloud upload and the rsync mirror alike; backups then stay
+# local only (the VS-NfD reference configuration). BREAKING: existing
+# deployments with a remote target must list its host here, or uploads and
+# mirror stop. Deploy-level on purpose: Site-Admins cannot widen it.
+#BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS=cloud.example.org,172.30.1.10
+
 # Optional rsync mirror of the backup sets to a private host (issue #84):
 # rsync-over-ssh target plus the private key file INSIDE the container —
 # put the key on the secrets volume (docker compose cp), never in the repo.
diff --git a/deploy/compose/docker-compose.yml b/deploy/compose/docker-compose.yml
index 35a82fc..723e129 100644
--- a/deploy/compose/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deploy/compose/docker-compose.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ services:
       # (absolute 168 h, idle 72 h). Hardened deployments set them lower.
       SESSION_ABSOLUTE_HOURS: ${SESSION_ABSOLUTE_HOURS:-}
       SESSION_IDLE_HOURS: ${SESSION_IDLE_HOURS:-}
+      # Must match the backup service's value — the api validates admin
+      # backup settings against the same allowlist (issue #192).
+      BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS: ${BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS:-}
       # SMTP relay. Empty (= unset in .env) is fine: the setup wizard writes
       # the relay to the secret store on the `secrets` volume (issue #80);
       # values set here in the stage .env always win over the store.
@@ -165,6 +168,9 @@ services:
       BACKUP_MIRROR_TARGET: ${BACKUP_MIRROR_TARGET:-}
       BACKUP_MIRROR_SSH_KEY: ${BACKUP_MIRROR_SSH_KEY:-}
       BACKUP_MIRROR_SSH_PORT: ${BACKUP_MIRROR_SSH_PORT:-}
+      # Deploy-level allowlist of backup destination hosts (issue #192,
+      # ADR 0026). Empty disables ALL remote targets (WebDAV + mirror).
+      BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS: ${BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS:-}
       # Same SMTP resolution as the api: explicit env wins, the wizard-written
       # secret store fills the gaps (issue #80).
       SMTP_HOST: ${SMTP_HOST:-}
diff --git a/docs/architecture/operations.md b/docs/architecture/operations.md
index 4b1be00..79876e7 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/operations.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/operations.md
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ monitoring, structured logs, backup alerting — no dedicated metrics stack.
   local guarantee. The api and the sidecar talk over pg NOTIFY/LISTEN
   (`backup_command`); upload failures mail like run failures, staleness
   shows up as the `backup_remote` readyz check.
+- **Target policy** (issue #192, ADR 0026): `BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS` is a
+  deploy-level, comma-separated allowlist of permissible destination
+  hosts, enforced by the api (settings writes, connection test, admin
+  view) and by the sidecar at the point of egress (WebDAV upload and
+  rsync mirror alike). **Empty — the default — disables every remote
+  target: backups stay local only, which is the VS-NfD reference
+  configuration.** Existing deployments with a remote target must list
+  its host, or uploads and mirror stop (called out in the release notes).
+  The admin UI shows "unavailable by policy" as distinct from
+  "not configured". Deliberately not a runtime setting: a compromised
+  Site-Admin account cannot widen it.
 - **On-demand run**: `docker compose run --rm -e BACKUP_RUN_ONCE=1 backup`
   (exit code = outcome); list sets with `docker compose exec backup ls /backups`.
 - **Restore runbook** (also the Prod-relocation procedure) — automated by
diff --git a/docs/vs-nfd/20-massnahmenplan.md b/docs/vs-nfd/20-massnahmenplan.md
index 3629ffb..cfa5c53 100644
--- a/docs/vs-nfd/20-massnahmenplan.md
+++ b/docs/vs-nfd/20-massnahmenplan.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ chain`_
       separates Idle-Timeout · 1–2 AT · #190
 - [x] **Feed-Token raus aus dem Query-Parameter**, alternativ Feeds hart
       abschaltbar · 2 AT · #191
-- [ ] **Backup-Ziele einschränkbar** — Allowlist, WebDAV/rsync per Deploy
+- [x] **Backup-Ziele einschränkbar** — Allowlist, WebDAV/rsync per Deploy
       vollständig deaktivierbar · 2 AT · #192
 - [ ] **Pond-Purge implementieren** — getrashte Ponds bleiben ewig liegen · 3 AT · #193
 - [ ] **Orphan-File-Sweep** implementieren, `Attachment.deletedAt` nutzen
diff --git a/packages/shared/i18n/de/errors.json b/packages/shared/i18n/de/errors.json
index 834a6fd..12c515d 100644
--- a/packages/shared/i18n/de/errors.json
+++ b/packages/shared/i18n/de/errors.json
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@
   "comment_not_root": "Nur Kommentare der obersten Ebene können als erledigt markiert werden.",
   "maintenance_mode": "Die Instanz ist im Wartungsmodus, während ein Backup wiederhergestellt wird.",
   "backup_connection_failed": "Der Nextcloud-Verbindungstest ist fehlgeschlagen.",
+  "backup_remote_disabled_by_policy": "Entfernte Backup-Ziele sind durch die Deployment-Richtlinie deaktiviert (BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS ist leer).",
+  "backup_target_not_allowed": "Dieser Ziel-Host steht nicht in der Deployment-Richtlinie (BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS).",
   "backup_restore_confirm_mismatch": "Der Bestätigungstext stimmt nicht mit der Backup-ID überein.",
   "backup_restore_running": "Es läuft bereits eine Wiederherstellung.",
   "backup_remote_not_configured": "Es ist kein Nextcloud-Backup-Ziel konfiguriert.",
diff --git a/packages/shared/i18n/de/system.json b/packages/shared/i18n/de/system.json
index 4c6c3e8..3ba99cb 100644
--- a/packages/shared/i18n/de/system.json
+++ b/packages/shared/i18n/de/system.json
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@
       "testOk": "Verbindung ok — der Ordner ist erreichbar.",
       "save": "Backup-Einstellungen speichern",
       "savePending": "Speichere…",
-      "saved": "Backup-Einstellungen gespeichert."
+      "saved": "Backup-Einstellungen gespeichert.",
+      "remoteDisabledByPolicy": "Entfernte Backup-Ziele sind durch die Deployment-Richtlinie deaktiviert (BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS ist leer) — Backups bleiben lokal. Das ist eine bewusste Einstellung des Betreibers, keine fehlende Konfiguration.",
+      "allowedTargets": "Zulässige Ziel-Hosts laut Deployment-Richtlinie: {{hosts}}"
     },
     "restore": {
       "title": "Wiederherstellung",
diff --git a/packages/shared/i18n/en/errors.json b/packages/shared/i18n/en/errors.json
index 0e84f57..fb78570 100644
--- a/packages/shared/i18n/en/errors.json
+++ b/packages/shared/i18n/en/errors.json
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@
   "comment_not_root": "Only top-level comments can be resolved.",
   "maintenance_mode": "The instance is in maintenance mode while a backup is being restored.",
   "backup_connection_failed": "The Nextcloud connection test failed.",
+  "backup_remote_disabled_by_policy": "Remote backup targets are disabled by deployment policy (BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS is empty).",
+  "backup_target_not_allowed": "This destination host is not in the deployment policy (BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS).",
   "backup_restore_confirm_mismatch": "The confirmation text does not match the backup id.",
   "backup_restore_running": "A restore is already running.",
   "backup_remote_not_configured": "No Nextcloud backup target is configured.",
diff --git a/packages/shared/i18n/en/system.json b/packages/shared/i18n/en/system.json
index bb4d9e6..ae254a1 100644
--- a/packages/shared/i18n/en/system.json
+++ b/packages/shared/i18n/en/system.json
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@
       "testOk": "Connection ok — folder is reachable.",
       "save": "Save backup settings",
       "savePending": "Saving…",
-      "saved": "Backup settings saved."
+      "saved": "Backup settings saved.",
+      "remoteDisabledByPolicy": "Remote backup targets are disabled by deployment policy (BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS is empty) — backups stay local. This is a deliberate operator setting, not a missing configuration.",
+      "allowedTargets": "Destination hosts permitted by deployment policy: {{hosts}}"
     },
     "restore": {
       "title": "Restore",
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/backup-target-policy.test.ts b/packages/shared/src/backup-target-policy.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e482901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared/src/backup-target-policy.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import {
+  backupTargetHost,
+  isBackupTargetAllowed,
+  parseBackupTargetAllowlist,
+} from './backup-target-policy';
+
+describe('backup target policy (issue #192)', () => {
+  it('parses, trims, lowercases and deduplicates the allowlist', () => {
+    expect(parseBackupTargetAllowlist('')).toEqual([]);
+    expect(
+      parseBackupTargetAllowlist(' Cloud.Example.org, 172.30.1.10 ,cloud.example.org,'),
+    ).toEqual(['cloud.example.org', '172.30.1.10']);
+  });
+
+  it('extracts the host from WebDAV URLs and rsync targets', () => {
+    expect(backupTargetHost('https://cloud.example.org/remote.php/dav')).toBe('cloud.example.org');
+    expect(backupTargetHost('https://Cloud.Example.org:8443/dav')).toBe('cloud.example.org');
+    expect(backupTargetHost('dorfteich-backup@172.30.1.10:/home/RAID/BACKUPS/prod/')).toBe(
+      '172.30.1.10',
+    );
+    expect(backupTargetHost('172.30.1.10:/srv/backups/')).toBe('172.30.1.10');
+    expect(backupTargetHost('not a target')).toBeNull();
+    expect(backupTargetHost('')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('never allows anything on an empty allowlist', () => {
+    expect(isBackupTargetAllowed([], 'https://cloud.example.org/dav')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isBackupTargetAllowed([], 'backup@172.30.1.10:/srv/')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('matches hosts case-insensitively and rejects outsiders and garbage', () => {
+    const allowlist = parseBackupTargetAllowlist('cloud.example.org,172.30.1.10');
+    expect(isBackupTargetAllowed(allowlist, 'https://Cloud.Example.ORG/dav')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isBackupTargetAllowed(allowlist, 'backup@172.30.1.10:/srv/')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isBackupTargetAllowed(allowlist, 'https://evil.example.net/dav')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isBackupTargetAllowed(allowlist, 'backup@evil.example.net:/srv/')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isBackupTargetAllowed(allowlist, 'garbage')).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/backup-target-policy.ts b/packages/shared/src/backup-target-policy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2af51a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared/src/backup-target-policy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/**
+ * Deploy-level backup target policy (issue #192, ADR 0026). A backup
+ * destination is an egress path for the full content of the instance, so
+ * the set of permissible destination HOSTS is fixed at deploy time via
+ * `BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS` — a runtime setting could be widened by a
+ * compromised Site-Admin account. An empty allowlist disables every
+ * remote target (WebDAV and rsync mirror); "local only" is the VS-NfD
+ * reference configuration. Both the api (settings writes, admin view) and
+ * the backup sidecar (the actual egress) enforce the same policy through
+ * these helpers.
+ */
+
+/** Comma-separated env value → normalized, deduplicated host list. */
+export function parseBackupTargetAllowlist(raw: string): string[] {
+  return [
+    ...new Set(
+      raw
+        .split(',')
+        .map((entry) => entry.trim().toLowerCase())
+        .filter(Boolean),
+    ),
+  ];
+}
+
+/**
+ * The destination host of a backup target: the hostname of a WebDAV URL,
+ * or the host part of an rsync-over-ssh target (`user@host:/path`).
+ * `null` for anything unparsable — which is never allowed.
+ */
+export function backupTargetHost(target: string): string | null {
+  if (/^[a-z][a-z0-9+.-]*:\/\//i.test(target)) {
+    try {
+      const hostname = new URL(target).hostname;
+      return hostname ? hostname.toLowerCase() : null;
+    } catch {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+  const rsync = /^(?:[^@\s]+@)?([^/:@\s]+):/.exec(target);
+  return rsync ? rsync[1]!.toLowerCase() : null;
+}
+
+/** Whether `target` points at an allowlisted host. Empty list ⇒ never. */
+export function isBackupTargetAllowed(allowlist: string[], target: string): boolean {
+  const host = backupTargetHost(target);
+  return host !== null && allowlist.includes(host);
+}
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/env.ts b/packages/shared/src/env.ts
index 3588628..1993132 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/env.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/env.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
+import { parseBackupTargetAllowlist } from './backup-target-policy';
+
 /**
  * Environment schemas live here so api, collab, and tooling validate their
  * configuration the same way. Every service calls `parseEnv` once at startup
@@ -27,6 +29,17 @@ const databaseUrl = z
  */
 const collabTokenSecret = z.string().min(16).default('dev-insecure-collab-token-secret-change-me');
 
+/**
+ * Deploy-level allowlist of permissible backup destination HOSTS (issue
+ * #192, ADR 0026), comma-separated — e.g. "cloud.example.org,172.30.1.10".
+ * Empty (the default) disables EVERY remote target, WebDAV and rsync
+ * mirror alike; "local only" is the VS-NfD reference configuration.
+ * Deliberately env-only: a compromised Site-Admin account cannot widen it.
+ * Shared by the api (settings writes, admin view) and the backup sidecar
+ * (the actual egress).
+ */
+const backupAllowedTargets = z.string().default('').transform(parseBackupTargetAllowlist);
+
 /**
  * SMTP delivery fields, shared by the api (transactional mail) and the
  * backup sidecar (failure alert mail, issue #83). Defaults match the
@@ -118,6 +131,7 @@ export const apiEnvSchema = z.object({
    * file (readyz freshness, issue #85; admin backup card, issue #86).
    */
   BACKUPS_DIR: z.string().min(1).default('./data/backups'),
+  BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS: backupAllowedTargets,
   /**
    * Env-backed secret store (security.md §Secrets, issue #80): a mode-600
    * dotenv-style file on a persistent volume where the setup wizard writes
@@ -182,6 +196,7 @@ export const backupEnvSchema = z.object({
     .default('03:00'),
   /** Local retention in days: 30 for Prod, 7 for Test/Int (ADR 0015). */
   BACKUP_RETENTION_DAYS: z.coerce.number().int().min(1).default(30),
+  BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS: backupAllowedTargets,
   /** Failure-alert recipient; unset disables the mail (logged instead). */
   BACKUP_MAIL_TO: z.string().optional(),
   /** Language of the failure mail (ADR 0012 — both exist, operator picks). */
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/index.ts b/packages/shared/src/index.ts
index 6414990..e7c2c81 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export * from './api-error';
 export * from './auth';
 export * from './backup-set';
 export * from './backup-status';
+export * from './backup-target-policy';
 export * from './collab-token';
 export * from './comments';
 export * from './editor-schema';
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/system.ts b/packages/shared/src/system.ts
index 6bc2c0c..182f085 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/system.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/system.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ export interface SystemBackupView {
 export interface BackupSettingsView {
   localRetentionDays: number | null;
   remoteRetentionDays: number;
+  /**
+   * Deploy-level target policy (issue #192, ADR 0026): `allowed` is false
+   * when `BACKUP_ALLOWED_TARGETS` is empty — remote targets are then
+   * UNAVAILABLE by policy, which the UI must distinguish from merely
+   * unconfigured. `allowlist` lets the admin see which hosts qualify.
+   */
+  remoteTargets: { allowed: boolean; allowlist: string[] };
   nextcloud: {
     enabled: boolean;
     baseUrl: string;