Is There a Storage Capacity for Files Uploaded to Sharepoint

This article contains information about the restrictions and limitations that apply to files, file names and file types when syncing with OneDrive for home, OneDrive for piece of work or school or SharePoint in Microsoft 365.

Note:If you're looking for restrictions and limitations that apply to the earlier version of OneDrive (groove.exe), read KB 2933738.

What's new

12 Apr 2021: Added 50,000 particular sharing limits notation.

3 March 2021: Maximum file upload size updated to 250 GB.

16 September 2020: Updated info well-nigh OneNote notebooks to clarify that the 2GB file size limit applies to SharePoint as well as OneDrive.

31 August 2020: Updated the invalid or blocked file types guidance virtually .PST files when Known Folder Move is turned on.

28 July 2020: Added note to invalid characters about saving Office files with binder names containing ;

26 June 2020: Added mention of leading and trailing spaces every bit invalid characters, although this isn't a new limitation.

Restrictions	Limitations	Troubleshooting tips
Invalid characters	File upload and download sizes	OneDrive system requirements
Invalid file or folder names	File name and path lengths	Back up and Recovery Assistant
Invalid or blocked file types	Thumbnails and previews	Only sync what you need
Network or mapped drives	Number of items to sync or copy	Syncing as well many files
Elevated privileges	Information Rights Management	Indistinguishable filenames
Sharing	Differential sync
How many OneDrive accounts	Libraries with specific columns
Authenticated proxies	Windows specific limitations
OneNote notebooks	macOS specific limitations

Restrictions

Invalid characters

Applies to:

Sure characters take special meanings when used in file names in OneDrive, SharePoint, Windows and macOS, such equally "*" for wildcards, and "\" in file name paths. If a file or folder you're trying to upload to OneDrive contains whatsoever of the characters listed below, it may foreclose files and folders from syncing. Rename the file or binder to remove these characters before you lot upload it.

Characters that aren't allowed in file and folder names in OneDrive for home, OneDrive for piece of work or school and SharePoint in Microsoft 365

Characters that aren't allowed in file and folder names in OneDrive for piece of work or school on SharePoint Server 2013

" * : < > ? / \ |

(Leading and trailing spaces in file or folder names also aren't immune.)

~ " # % & * : < > ? / \ { | }.

(Leading and trailing spaces in file or binder names also aren't allowed.)

Notes:

To rename a file or folder in Windows, select it and press F2. To rename a file or folder on a Mac, select information technology and printing the 'render' cardinal.
Some organizations don't yet support # and % in names. If yous're a global admin or SharePoint admin in Microsoft 365, see Enabling # and % Support on the SharePoint blog to learn how to allow these characters.
For Office desktop win32 apps: If you're saving an Office file via the Backstage view to a OneDrive or SharePoint folder, yous won't be able to salve the file if the folder proper noun contains ; (semicolon).
If yous're using Part 2010, you can't use "&" in file and folder names.
For more than information, run across When OneDrive renames items with invalid characters and Why has my filename changed from comma to ^J.

Invalid file or folder names

Applies to:

These names aren't allowed for files or folders: .lock, CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM0 - COM9, LPT0 - LPT9, _vti_, desktop.ini, any filename starting with ~$.

Notes:

"_vti_" cannot appear anywhere in a file proper name
"forms" isn't supported when the folder is at the root level for a library.
You can't create a folder name in SharePoint that begins with a tilde (~).

Invalid or blocked file types

Applies to:

Temporary TMP files volition not exist synced to OneDrive. Meet OneDrive status stuck on "Sync pending" for more details.

Files that are used by your local computer, such as desktop.ini on Windows or .ds_store on macOS, don't normally sync. If these files do get uploaded to OneDrive during a migration, the sync app will delete the cloud re-create and leave the local copy.

Outlook .PST files are supported, however they are synced less frequently compared to other file types to reduce network traffic. To foreclose uploading .PST files from the OneDrive sync app, read Blocking syncing of specific file types. To move .PST files out of OneDrive, read How to remove an Outlook PST data file from OneDrive. If users enable PC folder backup (Known Folder Motion) manually without the group policy, they volition see an error if they take a .PST file in one of their known folders (due east.g. Documents). If Known Binder Move is enabled and configured via grouping policy, .PST files volition be migrated.

Outlook may show errors afterwards .PST files are migrated because it is still looking for .PST files at original location.

If you are a OneDrive for work or school user, some file types may be blocked on your organization'south SharePoint site. The list of blocked files will vary depending on your administrator.

For security reasons, a number of file names and extensions can't be uploaded since they are executable, used by SharePoint Server, or used past Windows itself. For more info, run into Types of files that cannot be added to a list or library.

Network or mapped drives

Applies to:

Y'all can't add a network or mapped bulldoze as your OneDrive sync location. OneDrive doesn't support syncing using symbolic links or junction points.

Elevated privileges

Applies to:

OneDrive tin can't be run with elevated privileges, and you will not exist able to see OneDrive menu items within File Explorer. Nevertheless, the per-machine sync app installation is helpful specially for multi-user computers and when y'all don't want exe files running from the user profile. Run into also Unable to share OneDrive files.

How many OneDrive accounts?

Applies to:

Number of OneDrive accounts

There are limits to the number of accounts that tin can exist meantime signed in and syncing. Each device is allowed a maximum of 1 OneDrive for abode business relationship and nine OneDrive for work or school accounts. For MacOS devices, merely a single business organisation business relationship from the same organisation can be in sync at whatsoever given fourth dimension.

OneDrive Guest accounts

Synchronizing content using an external or guest user is currently not supported by OneDrive.

Authenticated proxies

Applies to:

Authenticated proxies aren't supported in OneDrive.

If you see the error message "Your proxy settings crave authentication" or the error code 0x8004de42 when trying to sign in to OneDrive, please check you are non using an authenticated proxy to connect to OneDrive.

OneNote notebooks

Applies to:

OneNote notebooks accept their own sync mechanism exterior of OneDrive. If y'all plan on sharing a OneNote notebook—with yourself or others—information technology's best to create information technology on OneDrive right from the start. Moving an existing OneNote notebook into a binder synced past OneDrive without going through the OneNote awarding is not currently supported.

Once a OneNote notebook is saved in OneDrive, if y'all are syncing the folder that contains the notebook, you will discover a stub .url file, which will open up the notebook on the website.

OneNote notebooks saved in OneDrive or SharePoint are express to 2GB.

Read how to Move a OneNote notebook to OneDrive.

Limitations

File upload and download sizes

Applies to:

Maximum	Upload	Download
Sync	250GB	250GB
Individual files	250GB	250GB
Files within a zip	20GB	20GB

Note:These limits applies tofiles, non your total storage. For whatever file larger than a few GB, nosotros recommend using the OneDrive sync app rather than the website upload characteristic.

File name and path lengths

Applies to:

Different apps and Part versions have different limits, and the combination of limitations may exist unique to your setup.

The entire decoded file path, including the file name, tin can't incorporate more than 400 characters for OneDrive, OneDrive for work or school and SharePoint in Microsoft 365. The limit applies to the combination of the folder path and file name later decoding.

For example, if the file URL in SharePoint is https://world wide web.contoso.com/sites/marketing/documents/Shared%20Documents/Promotion/Some%20File.xlsx, the limit applies to "sites/marketing/documents/Shared Documents/Promotion/Some File.xlsx."
Likewise, if the file URL in OneDrive is https://contoso-my.sharepoint.com/personal/meganb_contoso%20_com/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fmeganb%5Fcontoso%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2FContracts%2FVendor%20Quotations/Some%20File.xlsx , the limit applies to "personal/meganb_contoso_com/Documents/Contracts/Vendor Quotations/Some File.xlsx."

In addition to the above, if files are synced to a PC or Mac, the post-obit limitations employ:

Each segment of the path (a segment is a file name or folder name like "Promotion" or "Some File.xlsx" in the examples above) tin can't be more than 255 characters due to operating system limitations.
The length of the OneDrive root folder (eastward.chiliad. C:\users\meganb\OneDrive - Contoso) + the relative path of the file (upwardly to 400 chars) cannot be more than 520 characters.
- The arrangement name can exist updated in the M365 admin center but that will not propagate to existing Sync relationships (but newly established ones). For existing Sync relationships to have the new organization name, users need to unlink and relink their account.

SharePoint Server versions simply support up to 260 characters for file and path lengths, Microsoft Excel and older Office version have a lower limit, come across KB 326039 for details.

If yous exceed any limits, you lot'll receive an error message.

Thumbnails and previews

Applies to:

Thumbnails are not generated for images larger than 100 MB.

PDF previews are not generated for files larger than 100 MB.

Number of items that can be synced or copied

Applies to:

When using onedrive.com, you can only re-create upward to 2500 files at one time.

Applies to:

Although SharePoint tin store 30 million documents per library, for optimum operation we recommend syncing no more than than 300,000 files across all document libraries. Performance problems can occur if y'all accept 300,000 items or more across all libraries that you are syncing, even if you are non syncing all items within those libraries.

Notes:

If you are uploading, downloading, or moving a large number of files at one time, you may need to wait an extended period of time before the sync process can complete. The desktop app showing "syncing" icon or displaying "processing changes" during this catamenia is not necessarily an indication of a problem. Yous can always click the OneDrive taskbar icon to see the condition of content that is in the procedure of syncing. To help reduce sync times, we recommend reviewing and possibly modifying your bandwidth settings before starting your upload or download. You can also read how to Cull which OneDrive folders to sync to your computer.
There are other SharePoint limits on viewing a document library using the web that may bear upon how you structure your files in OneDrive.

Libraries with Information Rights Management enabled

Applies to:

Libraries tin can be synchronized as read/write with sync app for Windows build 17.iii.7294.0108 or later, or OneDrive for Mac build18.151.0729.0014 or college.

Differential sync

Applies to:

Differential sync is possible for Microsoft Office files in the new file format, .docx, .pptx, .xlsx.

This is part Office integration and requires that you have:

Office 2016 Click To Run (version xvi.0.6741.2027 or college). You must also take OneDrive (version 17.3.6386.0412 or higher).
Office 2016 MSI and accept the post-obit update installed: Oct 4, 2016, update for Part 2016 (KB3118262). You must also have OneDrive (version 17.3.6386.0412 or college).
The "Apply Part applications to sync Office files" setting turned on in the Office tab of OneDrive settings (PC) or OneDrive Preferences (Mac).

For other file types, differential sync is bachelor globally.

Note: OneNote files are not included, see below.

Libraries with specific columns or metadata

Applies to:

If you have libraries with Checkout, or Validation columns, or when Draft Particular Security is set to eitherSimply users who can edit orJust users who can approve items in Version Settings of the library:

For SharePoint document libraries, these items volition be synchronized as read-only.
For OneDrive libraries, OneDrive will bear witness a lock icon () next to the sync status and the user will not be able to synchronize the library until the mentioned settings have been removed.

Require Check Out

Scan to the document library that y'all desire to configure.
In the toolbar, on the Library tab, in the Settings group, cull Library Settings.
In General Settings, choose Versioning settings.
In Require Check Out, select No (default).

Draft Item Security

Scan to the certificate library that you want to configure.
In the toolbar, on the Library tab, in the Settings group, choose Library Settings.
In General Settings, cull Versioning settings.
In Draft Item Security select Whatsoever user who can read items(default).

Content Approval

Browse to the document library that yous want to configure.
In the toolbar, on the Library tab, in the Settings grouping, choose Library Settings.
In General Settings, choose Versioning settings.
In Content Blessing select No (default) for Require content approval for submitted items.

Required Cavalcade

Browse to the document library that you want to configure.
In the toolbar, on the Library tab, in the Settings grouping, choose Library Settings.
In the Columns section of the page ensure no columns are in the Required section.

Notation:When the Management of content types is enabled, the information regarding crave columns won't be presented, and in some cases past opening them the required setting, won't be visible also. Make sure the management of content types is disabled to make this process faster, and re-enable it when washed if necessary.

Exclude from Offline Client - Library level

Browse to the document library that you want to configure.
In the toolbar, on the Library tab, in the Settings group, cull Library Settings.
In Full general Settings, choose Advanced settings.
In Offline Customer Availability select Yes (default).

Exclude from Offline Client - Site drove level

Browse to the site collection that you want to configure.
In the toolbar, on the Site tab, in the Settings group, choose Site Settings.
Under Search, cull Search and offline availability.
In Offline Client Availability select Yep (default).

Limited-access user permission lockdown fashion

Browse to the Site Settings that you want to configure.
In the settings cull Site collection features under the Site Collection Administration heading.
Detect Express-access user permission lockdown mode and if its enabled, disable it and verify the beliefs.

Permissions

Scan to the certificate library that yous want to configure.
In the toolbar, on the Library tab, in the Settings group, cull Library Settings.
Find Permissions for this document library and so Check Permissions for the user
To ensure the user has high-enough permissions to accept the file sync in more than read only style, the level must exist Contribute or higher.

Validation

Browse to the document library that y'all want to configure.
In the toolbar, on the Library tab, in the Settings group, cull Library Settings.
NetherGeneral Settings, selectValidation Settings
Remove any cavalcade validation and select Save.

Acquire more than about how to manage Data and lists in SharePoint.

Windows specific restrictions and limitations

Applies to:

File Explorer displays the first 35 characters of a site library's name and site proper name combination for a library that y'all have synchronized. This doesn't affect the ability to sync these items within the limits that are described in this article.

Roaming, Mandatory, and Temporary Windows profiles aren't supported. The OneDrive sync app only supports users who tin can write to OneDrive application directories.

Additionally, the OneDrive sync app is only supported in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments in the post-obit cases:

Virtual desktops that persist between sessions.
Non-persistent environments that employ Windows Virtual Desktop preview.
Non-persistent environments that have FSLogix Apps 2.eight or after, FSLogix Office 365 Container, and a Microsoft 365 subscription.

Read more than almost using the sync app on virtual desktops.

For the sync app to piece of work as designed, the following requirements must exist met:

The awarding must exist installed on the local calculator.
The user must be able to write to the user profile.
Data that's written to the user profile must be saved to the local hard deejay and be available without a network connection.
Folders must not have the SetCaseSensitiveInfo setting enabled.

OneDrive Files On-Demand is supported on Windows 10 2017 Fall Creators Update and afterward versions, or Windows Server 2019 and subsequently versions, or Mac OS 10 Mojave (10.14) or newer.

macOS specific restrictions and limitations

Applies to:

Case-sensitive formatted disk volume isn't supported.

Note:Please note that Invalid characters restrictions likewise apply to macOS.

Troubleshooting hints and tips

Follow these hints & tips to get the most out of OneDrive and to make sync every bit trouble-gratuitous as possible.

OneDrive system requirements

Applies to:

OneDrive requires an active Microsoft account, or a work or schoolhouse account. Your PC must as well meet certain operating systems and file system requirements. Read more about the OneDrive organisation requirements

Back up and Recovery Assistant

Applies to:

The Support and Recovery Assistant app tin help y'all identify and ready several issues with OneDrive for work or school sync. Read how to employ the Microsoft 365 Support and Recovery Assistant.

If your account or environment is not supported by the Back up and Recovery Assistant, read how to Fix OneDrive for Business concern sync problems.

Only sync what you lot demand

Applies to:

OneDriveFiles On-Demand helps you lot admission all your files in OneDrive without having to download all of them and use storage space on your device. Learn more about OneDrive Files On-Demand.

Y'all tin can as well download fewer files by choosing which OneDrive folders to sync to your calculator.

Note:You won't lose files or data by disabling or uninstalling OneDrive on your computer.

Check you're not syncing also many files

Applies to:

If OneDrive sync seems to exist stuck for a long time or the status shows "Processing 0KB of xMB" information technology could be because you accept a lot of files in your OneDrive or a lot of new files to be uploaded. If you have more than 100,000 files, sync can accept a long fourth dimension.

Annotation:For transferring large files or lots of files, nosotros recommend adding the files to the OneDrive desktop app rather than the using Upload button on the website.

To see how many files you lot take in your OneDrive:

Open File Explorer.
Correct-click the OneDrive binder and select Properties.
If the Contains number is more 100,000 you should consider which OneDrive folders to sync to your computer.

If the sync is already in process, y'all tin can Pause and Resume your sync to get things going again.

Select the white or blue OneDrive cloud icon in the notification surface area, at the far right of the taskbar.

Notation:You might need to click the Show subconscious icons arrow next to the notification surface area to run across theOneDrive icon, or click and starting time typing "select which icons" to display the notification area settings option, and then show Microsoft OneDrive. If the icon still doesn't appear in the notification area, OneDrive might non be running. Click , typeOneDrive in the search box, and then clickOneDrive (not "OneDrive for work or school" because that'due south an older version) in the search results.
Select More >Pause syncing..., and select either 2, 8 or 24 hours.
Select More again and select Resume syncing

Brand certain y'all don't have duplicate filenames

Applies to:

You may accept sync conflicts if you're uploading multiple files on the OneDrive website at the same time, or if y'all made changes in your OneDrive folder on another PC that is syncing at the aforementioned time.

Sync issues can likewise occur if you lot edit files offline.

To reduce sync conflicts, rename the edited files or folders to something new or unique, and and then save it again.

Learn more than

Applies to:

More than fixes for recent OneDrive issues

Gear up sync issues with personal OneDrive

Learn about OneDrive Files On-Demand

Applies to:

Set OneDrive for piece of work or school sync problems

Learn about OneDrive Files On-Demand

Fix sync issues with SharePoint

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Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/restrictions-and-limitations-in-onedrive-and-sharepoint-64883a5d-228e-48f5-b3d2-eb39e07630fa

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