diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32/preferences.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32/preferences.cpp
index 7260bf54e0..e88ace3e6b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32/preferences.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32/preferences.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 namespace esphome::esp32 {
 
-static const char *const TAG = "esp32.preferences";
+static const char *const TAG = "preferences";
 
 // Buffer size for converting uint32_t to string: max "4294967295" (10 chars) + null terminator + 1 padding
 static constexpr size_t KEY_BUFFER_SIZE = 12;
diff --git a/esphome/components/esp8266/preferences.cpp b/esphome/components/esp8266/preferences.cpp
index 0b31c53ff8..906fed2b29 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp8266/preferences.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp8266/preferences.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 namespace esphome::esp8266 {
 
-static const char *const TAG = "esp8266.preferences";
+static const char *const TAG = "preferences";
 
 static constexpr uint32_t ESP_RTC_USER_MEM_START = 0x60001200;
 static constexpr uint32_t ESP_RTC_USER_MEM_SIZE_WORDS = 128;
diff --git a/esphome/components/host/preferences.cpp b/esphome/components/host/preferences.cpp
index fce3d62dda..c0be270062 100644
--- a/esphome/components/host/preferences.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/host/preferences.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 namespace esphome::host {
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
-static const char *const TAG = "host.preferences";
+static const char *const TAG = "preferences";
 
 void HostPreferences::setup_() {
   if (this->setup_complete_)
diff --git a/esphome/components/libretiny/preferences.cpp b/esphome/components/libretiny/preferences.cpp
index f22c12f1fb..344ca4a8b3 100644
--- a/esphome/components/libretiny/preferences.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/libretiny/preferences.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 namespace esphome::libretiny {
 
-static const char *const TAG = "lt.preferences";
+static const char *const TAG = "preferences";
 
 // Buffer size for converting uint32_t to string: max "4294967295" (10 chars) + null terminator + 1 padding
 static constexpr size_t KEY_BUFFER_SIZE = 12;
diff --git a/esphome/components/rp2040/preferences.cpp b/esphome/components/rp2040/preferences.cpp
index 0a91136a9f..cfc802b28f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/rp2040/preferences.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/rp2040/preferences.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 namespace esphome::rp2040 {
 
-static const char *const TAG = "rp2040.preferences";
+static const char *const TAG = "preferences";
 
 static constexpr uint32_t RP2040_FLASH_STORAGE_SIZE = 512;
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/zephyr/preferences.cpp b/esphome/components/zephyr/preferences.cpp
index df69c0e652..c26a1d6d53 100644
--- a/esphome/components/zephyr/preferences.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/zephyr/preferences.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 namespace esphome::zephyr {
 
-static const char *const TAG = "zephyr.preferences";
+static const char *const TAG = "preferences";
 
 bool ZephyrPreferenceBackend::save(const uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
   this->data.resize(len);