Set Maximum File Upload Size in Drupal

Posted on March 16th, 2016

Drupal powers tens of thousands of websites on the internet. it also provides different themes and extensions to modify it’s look and functionality. Also, Drupal provides different users’ permission settings so that end users can only access the part of the website that is authorised to the user. In this tutorial, I will show you how to increase maximum file upload size in Drupal. We have to set the maximum file upload size for any content type to avoid unusual uploads.

Drupal also allows you to change the maximum upload size for different type of content types. For example, you can set the maximum upload size for images so that your customers or users can’t upload image with size more than specified. Let’s see How to set maximum file upload size in Drupal.

Set Maximum File Upload Size in Drupal

Step 1: Log in to the Drupal Admin panel with your Username and Password.

Step 2: Go to the tab ‘Structure’ as shown in the below image.

Step 3: Click on the option ‘Content Types’.

Step 4: Click on Manage Fields. Before that just see the options for which page or content you want you to wish to change the size.

Step 5: You can see the Image Section in Manage Field Tab.

Step 6: Click on Edit Button To change the size of the image for upload. On the next page just Scroll-Down till the end.

Step 7: Here in the Below image you can see an option with textbox as Maximum Upload size and some description about it.

Step 8: Click on the Textbox and Enter the maximum size for file upload.

Step 9: Drupal’s default file size is <2MB. So, enter your size as per your requirements.

Step 10: Now Click Save Settings.

So, we just learned, with few easy steps we can change Upload Setting for Image file in Drupal. We hope this tutorial was helpful for you! Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section and share the tutorial on social media.