# Max upload size error

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/max-upload-size-error/283622>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 27, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/max-upload-size-error/283622 "2023-10-27T03:20:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![hellekin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hellekin/32/51636_2.png) [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/max-upload-size-error/283622/6 "2024-08-30T17:40:42Z")

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I tried to upload an 18MB file with a configured limit of 1000 MB (also tried 999 and 500), and got the following error:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/6/1/3610f53c1e2c7fefbf91262a528302685181e68b.png)

Last time I checked, 18 MB are way less than 1000 🙂

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