Guide

What is the Gmail attachment limit?

25 MB per e-mail, attachments included. Beyond that, send a link: up to 5 GB here, without an account.

The Gmail limit, plainly

Per e-mail (personal account)	25 MB, all attachments together
Beyond 25 MB	The file becomes a Google Drive link
Weight once sent	About a third more (e-mail encoding)

Sources: Gmail help, Microsoft Learn — October 2026.

A TransferThing link
Drop the file here, paste the link into your e-mail. Up to 5 GB, without an account for you or the recipient.
A Google Drive link
Gmail offers it beyond 25 MB. The file uses your Google storage and stays until you delete it; check who can open it.
Zip or split
A .zip barely shrinks videos, photos or PDFs. Several e-mails work, but your recipient has to put everything back together.

See what was downloaded, and find your links again.

What is the maximum attachment size in Gmail?

25 MB per e-mail for a personal Gmail account, all attachments together, according to Google’s help.

What happens beyond 25 MB?

Gmail removes the attachment and puts a Google Drive link in the e-mail instead.

Why is a file under 25 MB refused?

The limit counts every attachment of the e-mail together, and e-mail encoding makes attachments about a third heavier.

How do I send a large file with Gmail?

Drop it on TransferThing, copy the link and paste it into your e-mail: up to 5 GB, without an account. Or let Gmail put it in Google Drive.

Does the recipient need a Google account?

For a Drive link, it depends on the sharing you choose. For a TransferThing link, no: they download in their browser.

One file, fifty, or .