Want to know more about Dash? Check out how Amy uses Dropbox and Dash to make her day easier here! 

Forum Discussion

MikhaelG's avatar
MikhaelG
New member | Level 2
2 months ago

Dropbox max file size

It seems that the maximum size of a file uploaded (from the desktop application) to dropbox is 2TB. How can I get around this limitation? Does using the API allow this? I have very large files to tr...
desktop
Folders
upload
DB-Des's avatar
DB-Des
Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
2 months ago

Hi MikhaelG​ 

The 375GB upload limit via the API applies when using the /2/files/upload_session endpoints.

To clarify, upload sessions allow you to upload a single file in one or more requests. A new upload session is started by sending a request to /2/files/upload_session/start. You then use /2/files/upload_session/append to add more data as needed. To complete the session you send a request to /2/files/upload_session/finish, this saves all the data to a file in Dropbox.

I hope this information provides more clarity!

MikhaelG's avatar
MikhaelG
New member | Level 2
2 months ago

Thank you i will try this :)

About Dropbox API Support & Feedback

Node avatar for Dropbox API Support & Feedback
Find help with the Dropbox API from other developers.6,018 PostsLatest Activity: 4 hours ago
402 Following

The Dropbox Community team is active from Monday to Friday. We try to respond to you as soon as we can, usually within 2 hours.

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X or Facebook.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!