# Increase size for release files **URL:** \ **Category:** Install/Maintain/Configure\ **Created:** [April 18, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/increase-size-for-release-files/7113 "2023-04-18T15:53:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dmagician](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/dmagician/32/5051_2.png) [@dmagician](https://forum.gitea.com/u/dmagician)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/increase-size-for-release-files/7113/1 "2023-04-18T15:53:30Z")
Can the file size for a release be increased to more then 20MB? ---
**Author:** ![delvh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/delvh/32/5047_2.png) [@delvh](https://forum.gitea.com/u/delvh)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/increase-size-for-release-files/7113/2 "2023-04-18T16:43:34Z")
See [Config Cheat Sheet - Docs](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/config-cheat-sheet/#issue-and-pull-request-attachments-attachment) `MAX_SIZE`. ---
**Author:** ![dmagician](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/dmagician/32/5051_2.png) [@dmagician](https://forum.gitea.com/u/dmagician)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/increase-size-for-release-files/7113/3 "2023-04-18T17:03:31Z")
Hi. Changedthe value to 50 and restarted gitea, with no effect… Still limited to 20MB (the last value I’ve set)… BTW, gitea is latest, v19.1 Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![delvh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/delvh/32/5047_2.png) [@delvh](https://forum.gitea.com/u/delvh)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/increase-size-for-release-files/7113/4 "2023-04-18T17:15:52Z")
That sounds weird. Do you have a reverse proxy or something similar in front of Gitea? ---
**Author:** ![dmagician](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/dmagician/32/5051_2.png) [@dmagician](https://forum.gitea.com/u/dmagician)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/increase-size-for-release-files/7113/5 "2023-04-18T17:45:57Z")
No (AFAIK), gitea is running on non dedicated windows 2019 server. Most of the settings are default. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![dmagician](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/dmagician/32/5051_2.png) [@dmagician](https://forum.gitea.com/u/dmagician)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/increase-size-for-release-files/7113/6 "2023-04-19T12:24:38Z")
Hi. Found it… The value is determined by _MAX\_SIZE_ under _[attachment]_ section, and not Not by _FILE\_MAX\_SIZE_ under _[repository.upload]_ section… Looks like it should be the latter… Maybe someone from @gitea developers will look at this and clarify it? ---
**Author:** ![delvh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/delvh/32/5047_2.png) [@delvh](https://forum.gitea.com/u/delvh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/increase-size-for-release-files/7113/7 "2023-04-19T12:49:09Z")
Well… Thanks for reading my comment above? That is exactly the config option I referenced? The other value you mentioned is when you want to upload a file directly into your repository code instead of as an attachment. ---
**Author:** ![dmagician](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/dmagician/32/5051_2.png) [@dmagician](https://forum.gitea.com/u/dmagician)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 6:08am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/increase-size-for-release-files/7113/8 "2023-04-20T06:08:32Z")
Thank you for your response. I wasn’t meant to be un-polite… In the docs’ there are quite a few \*\*MAX\_SIZE settings, I got confused for a while… Again, thank you for your response, and my apologies if you were offended by me…