diff --git a/libs/common/src/platform/abstractions/encrypt.service.ts b/libs/common/src/platform/abstractions/encrypt.service.ts
index 5b28b98803b..dd6457d14b7 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/platform/abstractions/encrypt.service.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/platform/abstractions/encrypt.service.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ export abstract class EncryptService {
     decryptContext?: string,
   ): Promise<string>;
   abstract decryptToBytes(encThing: Encrypted, key: SymmetricCryptoKey): Promise<Uint8Array>;
+  /**
+   * Decrypts aes gcm encrypted data given a key.
+   *
+   * The data is expected to be a concatenation of cipherText, tag, and iv in that order.
+   * Tag is required to be 16 bytes.
+   * iv is required to be 12 bytes
+   *
+   * @param data The encrypted data + tag + iv
+   * @param key The key to decrypt the data
+   */
+  abstract aesGcmDecryptToBytes(data: Uint8Array, key: Uint8Array): Promise<Uint8Array>;
   abstract rsaEncrypt(data: Uint8Array, publicKey: Uint8Array): Promise<EncString>;
   abstract rsaDecrypt(data: EncString, privateKey: Uint8Array): Promise<Uint8Array>;
   abstract resolveLegacyKey(key: SymmetricCryptoKey, encThing: Encrypted): SymmetricCryptoKey;
diff --git a/libs/common/src/platform/services/cryptography/encrypt.service.implementation.ts b/libs/common/src/platform/services/cryptography/encrypt.service.implementation.ts
index 137d67ca0f0..fb481d45386 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/platform/services/cryptography/encrypt.service.implementation.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/platform/services/cryptography/encrypt.service.implementation.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,23 @@ export class EncryptServiceImplementation implements EncryptService {
     return await this.cryptoFunctionService.aesDecryptFast(fastParams, "cbc");
   }
 
+  async aesGcmDecryptToBytes(data: Uint8Array, key: Uint8Array): Promise<Uint8Array> {
+    if (key == null) {
+      throw new Error("No encryption key provided.");
+    }
+
+    if (data == null) {
+      throw new Error("Nothing provided for decryption.");
+    }
+
+    // split data into cipherText + tag and iv
+    const dataAndTag = data.slice(0, -12); // 12 bytes is the iv length
+    const iv = data.slice(-12);
+
+    // aesDecrypt expects cipher + tag, but iv split
+    return await this.cryptoFunctionService.aesDecrypt(dataAndTag, iv, key, "gcm");
+  }
+
   async decryptToBytes(encThing: Encrypted, key: SymmetricCryptoKey): Promise<Uint8Array> {
     if (key == null) {
       throw new Error("No encryption key provided.");
diff --git a/libs/common/src/platform/services/encrypt.service.spec.ts b/libs/common/src/platform/services/encrypt.service.spec.ts
index 609b5100a10..bd97b24594a 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/platform/services/encrypt.service.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/platform/services/encrypt.service.spec.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,41 @@ describe("EncryptService", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("aesGcmDecryptToBytes", () => {
+    const data = makeStaticByteArray(10, 100);
+    const key = makeStaticByteArray(32, 200);
+    const encryptedData = new Uint8Array(1);
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      cryptoFunctionService.aesDecrypt.mockResolvedValue(data);
+    });
+
+    it("throws if no data is provided", () => {
+      return expect(encryptService.aesGcmDecryptToBytes(null, key)).rejects.toThrow(
+        "Nothing provided for decryption",
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("throws if no key is provided", () => {
+      return expect(encryptService.aesGcmDecryptToBytes(encryptedData, null)).rejects.toThrow(
+        "No encryption key",
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("strips off the tag and decrypts data with provided key and iv", async () => {
+      const actual = await encryptService.aesGcmDecryptToBytes(encryptedData, key);
+
+      expect(cryptoFunctionService.aesDecrypt).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.toEqualBuffer(encryptedData.slice(0, -12)),
+        expect.toEqualBuffer(encryptedData.slice(-12)),
+        expect.toEqualBuffer(key),
+        "gcm",
+      );
+
+      expect(actual).toEqualBuffer(data);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("decryptToBytes", () => {
     const encType = EncryptionType.AesCbc256_HmacSha256_B64;
     const key = new SymmetricCryptoKey(makeStaticByteArray(64, 100), encType);