# How do we change the number of simultaneous uploads?

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**Created:** [February 17, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-we-change-the-number-of-simultaneous-uploads/218617 "2022-02-17T21:26:18Z")\
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I assume you’re talking about Discourse and not Discord and that’s a typo?

This is controlled by admin settings on the site… there are two settings specifically:

- `newuser max attachments` - default 0
- `newuser max embedded media` - default 1

So to prevent spam and various forms of griefing, new users can’t post more than 1 photo at a time, and can’t upload attachments.

These restrictions are lifted once someone reaches Trust Level 1, by default this happens when:

- Entering at least **5** topics
- Reading at least **30** posts
- Spend a total of **10** minutes reading posts

An admin can configure all of these thresholds… so some sites may be more strict than others.

We have some more info about trust levels on our blog: [Understanding Discourse Trust Levels](https://blog.discourse.org/2018/06/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/)

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