# Increase File Manager Upload Limit
**URL:** https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/increase-file-manager-upload-limit/3652
**Category:** Get Help
**Created:** [July 24, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/increase-file-manager-upload-limit/3652 "2024-07-24T20:40:43Z")
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### Author:  [@jsimms1](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jsimms1)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/increase-file-manager-upload-limit/3652/1 "2024-07-24T20:40:43Z")
Hello,
The OOD file manager appears to have an upload limit of 10GB. Is this a hard limit, or can it be increased?
For most users, this limit is reasonable, but some have larger datasets, etc. and it would be nice to manage file transfers entirely within the OOD file manager and not have to use an external program (CyberDuck, FileZilla, etc.). Users don’t need to have an SSH key to access OOD but would have to have one in order to user an external program (certainly not a deal-breaker but just less efficient).
Warmest regards,
Jason
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### Author:  [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/increase-file-manager-upload-limit/3652/2 "2024-07-24T21:06:32Z")
It’s not a hard limit, it’s a configuration.
[https://osc.github.io/ood-documentation/latest/customizations.html?#set-upload-limits](https://osc.github.io/ood-documentation/latest/customizations.html?#set-upload-limits)
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### Author:  [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/increase-file-manager-upload-limit/3652/3 "2024-07-25T00:27:57Z")
Please keep in mind that OOD file transfers are ‘cached’ during the transfer to whatever /tmp partition you have on your OOD webhost. As such, if you haven’t allocated enough space there, too big a limit will cause weird errors to happen mid transfer.
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### Author:  [@jsimms1](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jsimms1)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/increase-file-manager-upload-limit/3652/4 "2024-07-26T20:03:51Z")
Thanks @alanc for that clarification; we have a large `/tmp` (150gb) so that shouldn’t be an issue, but it’s good to know that point.
And, thank you @jeff.ohrstrom for linking to the docs. It is somewhat baffling, however, that to decrease the upload limit, I can change one variable, but to increase it, I need to change a different variable in a different location and delete the original one… If I want to adjust download limits, however, that seems to be one variable, whether I want to increase or decrease it.
Jason
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/increase-file-manager-upload-limit/3652/5 "2025-01-22T20:04:40Z")
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