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## File sizes

The following are the maximum file sizes you can store in Google Drive:

**Documents**

-   Up to 1.02 million characters.
-   If you convert a text document to Google Docs format, it can be up to 50 MB.

**Spreadsheets**

-   Up to 10 million cells or 18,278 columns (column ZZZ) for spreadsheets that are created in or converted to Google Sheets.
-   Up to 10 million cells or 18,278 columns for spreadsheets imported from Microsoft Excel. The limits are the same for Excel and CSV imports.
    -   When you convert a document from Excel to Google Sheets, any cell with more than 50,000 characters will be removed in Sheets.
-   Up to 200k rows for pivot tables in Connected Sheets.
-   Up to 500k rows or 5m cells for extracts in Connected Sheets.

**Presentations**

-   Up to 100 MB for presentations converted to Google Slides.

**Google Sites (new)**

-   Up to 15,000,000 characters per page.
-   Up to 40,000,000 characters per site.
-   Up to 10,000 pages per site.
-   Up to 15,000 images per site.

**Google Vids (new)**

-   Up to 30 minutes per video. Limits are subject to change. [Learn about limits for Google Vids](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/16286470).

**All other files**

-   Up to 5 TB.

## Supported file types

Any file type can be stored in Drive. These are the most common file types you can preview in Google Drive:

**Important:**

-   The Google Drive preview is a scaled-down version of the complete file and may, when opened, appear slightly different.
-   Standard preview is unavailable for Gemini chats, canvases, and generated media. Clicking an item will launch it directly within the Gemini web app.

**General files**

-   Archive files (.ZIP, .RAR, tar, gzip)
-   Audio formats (MP3, MPEG, WAV, .ogg, .opus)
-   Image files (.JPEG, .PNG, .GIF, .BMP, .TIFF, .SVG)
-   Markup/Code (.CSS, .HTML, .PHP, .C, .CPP, .H, .HPP, .JS, .java, .py)
-   Text files (.TXT)
-   Video files (WebM, .MPEG4, .3GPP, .MOV, .AVI, .MPEGPS, .WMV, .FLV, .ogg)

**Adobe files**

-   Autodesk AutoCad (.DXF)
-   Illustrator (.AI)
-   Photoshop (.PSD)
-   Portable Document Format (.PDF)
-   PostScript (.EPS, .PS)
-   Scalable Vector Graphics (.SVG)
-   Tagged Image File Format (.TIFF) - best with RGB .TIFF images
-   TrueType (.TTF)

**Microsoft files**

-   Excel (.XLS and .XLSX)
-   PowerPoint (.PPT and .PPTX)
-   Word (.DOC and .DOCX)
-   XML Paper Specification (.XPS)
-   Password-protected Microsoft Office files

**Apple files**

-   Editor files (.key, .numbers)