100 mb size limit google presentation

[eipe]

Hi,

I had problems uploading a pptx file, I got a generic non-informative error message saying "Upload failed".

After contacting support, and doing a lot of troubleshooting, I understod that it is due to an apparent size limit of just 100 (!) mb for google slide conversion of pptx files. This is a huge limitation since it is fairly common for presentation files to exceed this.

Since I do not have MS Powerpoint installed I am stuck, I cannot open the file and edit it. And would I even want to do that? Why is there a 100 mb limit? Why not 500 mb?

The support person asked me to create feature request. When I tried to do so I got the following error message.

This is so bad user experience I cannot describe. Now I am writing this into the void, with honestly no hope that this will change anything.

At least the sun is shining outside.

[Jan-Carlos]

Hello!

They announced that the limit would be increased to 300MB, but the rollout is paused.

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2022/01/

There isn't much options left.

You can recreate the entire presentation on google presentations or delete content on pptx to upload the file.

Why is this file so big? have a lot of videos?

I recommend to upload the video on youtube and link them on the file.

[eipe]

300 MB is surely better than 100 MB.

Why it is so big? I don't know, since I am not the author of the
presentation. It is not within my control. And since I don't have and do
not want to have MS Powerpoint installed, I cannot open it to edit atm.

Looking forward to that rollout

/Einar

[andreas_berger1]

While I agree about the size limit being terrible restricted currently, you could for the time being use LibreOffice to open the file if you just need to view the contents without paying for extra software.

You can also rename/open the file as a zip-file to extract content from within it, like embedded audio or video.

[ZUMA1]

This is a big issue, we receive files from clients and have to take them apart to fit and we have less than 24 hours to complete it.  Google come on! 100mb is nothing.

[YuWei]

That kind of error—"Upload failed" with zero context—is the worst. It’s like... okay, what failed and why? It’s not like people upload giant .pptx files just for fun, it’s super common with presentations nowadays to go over 100MB, especially with images, charts, or embedded media.

And yeah, if you don’t have PowerPoint installed, it’s just a dead end. You can’t open it in Google Slides because of this random limit, and then you're told to file a feature request... only to get blocked there too? That’s some next-level irony.

Honestly, the limit itself is annoying, but the whole experience of running into it, getting a useless error, then hitting another wall when trying to ask for a fix—that’s what makes it feel so broken.

Appreciate you sharing this though. Even if it doesn’t magically change anything, it’s helpful to know others are running into the same thing.