diff --git a/CHANGELOG-WIP.md b/CHANGELOG-WIP.md
index d116b44bf29..1e5c4c91054 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-WIP.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-WIP.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 - Deprecated `craft\helpers\HtmlPurifier::cleanUtf8()`.
 - Deprecated `craft\helpers\HtmlPurifier::convertToUtf8()`. `CraftCms\Cms\Support\Str::convertToUtf8()` should be used instead.
 - Deprecated `craft\helpers\HtmlPurifier::configure()`. `CraftCms\Cms\Support\HtmlSanitizer\HtmlSanitizers::defaults()` or a custom sanitizer registration should be used instead.
-- Deprecated `config/craft/htmlpurifier/*.json` sanitizer config files. Sanitizers should be registered on `CraftCms\Cms\Support\HtmlSanitizer\HtmlSanitizers` instead.
+- Deprecated `config/craft/htmlpurifier/*.json` sanitizer config files. Sanitizers should be registered as Symfony-style array config files in `config/craft/sanitizers/`, or on `CraftCms\Cms\Support\HtmlSanitizer\HtmlSanitizers` instead.
 - Deprecated `craft\services\Path`. `CraftCms\Cms\Support\Path` should be used instead.
 - Deprecated `craft\helpers\SessionHelper`. `Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session` should be used instead.
 - Deprecated `craft\helpers\Sequence`. `CraftCms\Cms\Support\Sequence` should be used instead.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 01279e30529..082c6400fc4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
 - Added support for SQLite backups and restores. ([#18803](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/18803))
+- Added support for Symfony-style array config files in `config/craft/sanitizers/`. ([#18808](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/18808))
 - The `craftAsset()` Twig function now resolves to Vite versioned assets. ([#18801](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/18801))
 - Deprecated the `csrfTokenName`, `enableCsrfCookie`, and `enableCsrfProtection` general config settings. ([#18806](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/18806))
 
diff --git a/docs/html-sanitizers.md b/docs/html-sanitizers.md
index 779a6b733a3..03a46bcfb3e 100644
--- a/docs/html-sanitizers.md
+++ b/docs/html-sanitizers.md
@@ -83,6 +83,26 @@ use CraftCms\Cms\Support\Facades\HtmlSanitizers;
 $cleanHtml = HtmlSanitizers::sanitizer('links-only')->sanitize($dirtyHtml);
 ```
 
+## Array Config Files
+
+Named sanitizers can also be registered with Symfony-style array config files in `config/craft/sanitizers/`. The file name becomes the sanitizer name.
+
+```php
+<?php
+
+// config/craft/sanitizers/no-headings.php
+return [
+    'allow_safe_elements' => true,
+    'block_elements' => ['h1'],
+];
+```
+
+Use it like any other named sanitizer:
+
+```twig
+{{ body|sanitize('no-headings') }}
+```
+
 ## Customizing the Default Sanitizer
 
 Use `defaults()` to modify Craft's default `HtmlSanitizerConfig`.
@@ -162,4 +182,4 @@ For new code:
 
 - prefer the `HtmlSanitizers` service or facade for application code
 - prefer `|sanitize` in Twig
-- define named sanitizers in service providers instead of config files when possible
+- define named sanitizers in service providers when they need custom PHP logic
diff --git a/src/Config/ConfigServiceProvider.php b/src/Config/ConfigServiceProvider.php
index 281a1d4103d..e822ab7d48c 100644
--- a/src/Config/ConfigServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/Config/ConfigServiceProvider.php
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 
 use CraftCms\Aliases\Aliases;
 use CraftCms\Cms\Support\Env;
+use CraftCms\Cms\Support\HtmlSanitizer\HtmlSanitizers;
 use CraftCms\Cms\Support\Typecast;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Config\Repository as ConfigRepository;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\LoadEnvironmentVariables;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 use Override;
 use Throwable;
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ public function boot(): void
     {
         $this->bootPublishables();
         $this->loadGeneralConfig();
+        $this->loadHtmlSanitizers();
     }
 
     private function loadEnvironmentVariablesWhenConfigIsCached(): void
@@ -114,4 +117,21 @@ private function loadGeneralConfig(): void
             Aliases::set($name, $value);
         }
     }
+
+    private function loadHtmlSanitizers(): void
+    {
+        $path = config_path('craft/sanitizers');
+
+        if (! File::isDirectory($path)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $sanitizers = $this->app->make(HtmlSanitizers::class);
+
+        foreach (File::files($path) as $file) {
+            if ($file->getExtension() === 'php') {
+                $sanitizers->register($file->getFilenameWithoutExtension(), require $file->getRealPath());
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Support/Facades/HtmlSanitizers.php b/src/Support/Facades/HtmlSanitizers.php
index a703a39305a..f8cce976612 100644
--- a/src/Support/Facades/HtmlSanitizers.php
+++ b/src/Support/Facades/HtmlSanitizers.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use Override;
 
 /**
- * @method static void register(string $name, \Closure|\Symfony\Component\HtmlSanitizer\HtmlSanitizerInterface $definition)
+ * @method static void register(string $name, array|\Closure|\Symfony\Component\HtmlSanitizer\HtmlSanitizerInterface $definition)
  * @method static void defaults(\Closure $callback)
  * @method static bool has(string $name)
  * @method static \Illuminate\Support\Collection<string, \Symfony\Component\HtmlSanitizer\HtmlSanitizerInterface> all()
diff --git a/src/Support/HtmlSanitizer/HtmlSanitizers.php b/src/Support/HtmlSanitizer/HtmlSanitizers.php
index e0607ebdd78..6e4de3c0800 100644
--- a/src/Support/HtmlSanitizer/HtmlSanitizers.php
+++ b/src/Support/HtmlSanitizer/HtmlSanitizers.php
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use Symfony\Component\HtmlSanitizer\HtmlSanitizer;
+use Symfony\Component\HtmlSanitizer\HtmlSanitizerAction;
 use Symfony\Component\HtmlSanitizer\HtmlSanitizerConfig;
 use Symfony\Component\HtmlSanitizer\HtmlSanitizerInterface;
 
 #[Singleton]
 class HtmlSanitizers
 {
-    /** @var array<string, Closure|HtmlSanitizerInterface> */
+    /** @var array<string, array<string, mixed>|Closure|HtmlSanitizerInterface> */
     private array $definitions = [];
 
     /** @var list<Closure> */
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ public function __construct()
         $this->definitions['default'] = fn () => new HtmlSanitizer($this->defaultConfig());
     }
 
-    public function register(string $name, Closure|HtmlSanitizerInterface $definition): void
+    public function register(string $name, array|Closure|HtmlSanitizerInterface $definition): void
     {
         $this->definitions[$name] = $definition;
         unset($this->resolvedSanitizers[$name]);
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ public function defaultConfig(): HtmlSanitizerConfig
         return $config;
     }
 
-    private function resolveDefinition(Closure|HtmlSanitizerInterface $definition): HtmlSanitizerInterface
+    private function resolveDefinition(array|Closure|HtmlSanitizerInterface $definition): HtmlSanitizerInterface
     {
         $resolvedSanitizer = value($definition);
 
@@ -116,6 +117,70 @@ private function resolveDefinition(Closure|HtmlSanitizerInterface $definition):
             return $resolvedSanitizer;
         }
 
-        throw new InvalidArgumentException('HTML sanitizer definitions must resolve to HtmlSanitizerInterface instances.');
+        if (is_array($resolvedSanitizer)) {
+            return new HtmlSanitizer($this->configFromArray($resolvedSanitizer));
+        }
+
+        throw new InvalidArgumentException('HTML sanitizer definitions must resolve to array configs or HtmlSanitizerInterface instances.');
+    }
+
+    private function configFromArray(array $settings): HtmlSanitizerConfig
+    {
+        $config = new HtmlSanitizerConfig;
+
+        if (array_key_exists('default_action', $settings)) {
+            $config = $config->defaultAction(HtmlSanitizerAction::from($settings['default_action']));
+        }
+
+        foreach (['allow_safe_elements' => 'allowSafeElements', 'allow_static_elements' => 'allowStaticElements'] as $key => $method) {
+            if ($settings[$key] ?? false) {
+                $config = $config->$method();
+            }
+        }
+
+        foreach ($settings['allow_elements'] ?? [] as $element => $attributes) {
+            $config = $config->allowElement($element, $attributes);
+        }
+
+        foreach (['block_elements' => 'blockElement', 'drop_elements' => 'dropElement'] as $key => $method) {
+            foreach ($settings[$key] ?? [] as $element) {
+                $config = $config->$method($element);
+            }
+        }
+
+        foreach (['allow_attributes' => 'allowAttribute', 'drop_attributes' => 'dropAttribute'] as $key => $method) {
+            foreach ($settings[$key] ?? [] as $attribute => $elements) {
+                $config = $config->$method($attribute, $elements);
+            }
+        }
+
+        foreach ($settings['force_attributes'] ?? [] as $element => $attributes) {
+            foreach ($attributes as $attribute => $value) {
+                $config = $config->forceAttribute($element, $attribute, $value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        foreach ([
+            'force_https_urls' => 'forceHttpsUrls',
+            'allowed_link_schemes' => 'allowLinkSchemes',
+            'allowed_link_hosts' => 'allowLinkHosts',
+            'allow_relative_links' => 'allowRelativeLinks',
+            'allowed_media_schemes' => 'allowMediaSchemes',
+            'allowed_media_hosts' => 'allowMediaHosts',
+            'allow_relative_medias' => 'allowRelativeMedias',
+            'max_input_length' => 'withMaxInputLength',
+        ] as $key => $method) {
+            if (array_key_exists($key, $settings)) {
+                $config = $config->$method($settings[$key]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        foreach (['with_attribute_sanitizers' => 'withAttributeSanitizer', 'without_attribute_sanitizers' => 'withoutAttributeSanitizer'] as $key => $method) {
+            foreach ($settings[$key] ?? [] as $sanitizer) {
+                $config = $config->$method(is_string($sanitizer) ? app($sanitizer) : $sanitizer);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $config;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Support/HtmlSanitizer/HtmlSanitizersTest.php b/tests/Unit/Support/HtmlSanitizer/HtmlSanitizersTest.php
index a920dfb3e3e..b278f3c6814 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Support/HtmlSanitizer/HtmlSanitizersTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Support/HtmlSanitizer/HtmlSanitizersTest.php
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
+use CraftCms\Cms\Config\ConfigServiceProvider;
 use CraftCms\Cms\Support\Facades\HtmlSanitizers as HtmlSanitizersFacade;
 use CraftCms\Cms\Support\HtmlSanitizer\HtmlSanitizers;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
 use Symfony\Component\HtmlSanitizer\HtmlSanitizer;
 use Symfony\Component\HtmlSanitizer\HtmlSanitizerConfig;
 use Symfony\Component\HtmlSanitizer\HtmlSanitizerInterface;
@@ -13,6 +15,10 @@
     $this->sanitizers = app(HtmlSanitizers::class);
 });
 
+afterEach(function () {
+    File::deleteDirectory(config_path('craft/sanitizers'));
+});
+
 test('default sanitizer removes unknown attributes and keeps craft additions', function () {
     $sanitized = $this->sanitizers->sanitize('<div data-oembed-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=test" bad="x"></div><oembed url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=test"></oembed><a download href="/foo" rel="external custom">Link</a>');
 
@@ -77,6 +83,25 @@
     expect($sanitized)->toMatchSnapshot();
 });
 
+test('array config files register named sanitizers', function () {
+    File::ensureDirectoryExists(config_path('craft/sanitizers'));
+    File::put(config_path('craft/sanitizers/no-headings.php'), <<<'PHP'
+<?php
+
+return [
+    'allow_safe_elements' => true,
+    'block_elements' => ['h1'],
+];
+PHP);
+
+    app()->forgetInstance(HtmlSanitizers::class);
+    app(ConfigServiceProvider::class, ['app' => app()])->boot();
+
+    $sanitized = app(HtmlSanitizers::class)->sanitize('<h1>Title</h1><p>Body</p>', 'no-headings');
+
+    expect($sanitized)->toBe('Title<p>Body</p>');
+});
+
 test('facade resolves the sanitizer service', function () {
     expect(HtmlSanitizersFacade::sanitizer())->toBeInstanceOf(HtmlSanitizerInterface::class);
     expect(HtmlSanitizersFacade::defaultConfig())->toBeInstanceOf(HtmlSanitizerConfig::class);