# Can I increase the 1024000 kb limit on attachment?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-increase-the-1024000-kb-limit-on-attachment/165367>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [September 25, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-increase-the-1024000-kb-limit-on-attachment/165367 "2020-09-25T13:52:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![JQ331](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@JQ331](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JQ331)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-increase-the-1024000-kb-limit-on-attachment/165367/12 "2021-07-23T13:05:02Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Regardless of how you do it, Discourse is not designed to handle large files.

> [@Stephen](#):
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> Regardless of where the file ends up, Discourse isn’t intended to be a bulky file _upload_ mechanism either.

I’m considering allowing large file uploads (could be 50mb, and its possible there could be bulk uploads through the api) on my site as well. Just trying to understand the concern here. If S3 is configured to handle large file uploads and storage, and the Discourse forum links to those files to display a download link to the users, is anyone able to provide more detail about where you expect Discourse to have problems?

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