Shopify digital download file size limit
Shopify's Digital Products app takes up to 50 files per variant, 5 GB combined. Check your files against it here; only their names and sizes are read.
- 50 files per variant
- 5 GB combined
- Checked 7 November 2026
On this page
PlannerHop is not affiliated with Shopify. This page summarises Shopify's Help Center page on Digital Products, checked on 7 November 2026.
Shopify: Up to 50 files and 5 GB combined per variant.
Drop your product files here
PDFs, ZIPs, bonus files: anything you upload to the listing. Nothing is opened or uploaded.
Only file names and sizes are read, on this device.
The rule
Shopify's Help Center says each variant of a digital product can have up to 50 files, with a combined size of up to 5 GB. If you add a file from the product page in your Shopify admin instead of inside the Digital Products app, each file can be up to 500 MB. You can upload several files per variant, or a ZIP, but not a folder. Shopify also says there is no bandwidth limit for downloads (Shopify Help Center).
Because the limit is per variant, a planner sold in Letter and A4 sizes can keep each size as its own variant with its own files.
What it means for a planner or ebook
A PDF planner or ebook is almost never near 5 GB, so on Shopify the size limit is rarely the problem. Two things are worth checking instead:
- Where you upload. If you attach files from the product page in admin, the 500 MB per-file limit applies. Large video bonuses may need the app.
- If you also sell on Etsy. Etsy's limit is 20 MB per file, so a file made for Shopify may be far too big for Etsy. Switch the checker above to Etsy to see.
Selling the same file elsewhere
| Platform | File rule | Official page |
|---|---|---|
| Etsy | Up to 5 files, 20 MB each | Source |
| Shopify | Up to 50 files and 5 GB combined per variant | Source |
| Gumroad | Paid: 20 GB per file. Free ($0): 250 MB in total | Source |
| Payhip | 5 GB per file | Source |
| Teachers Pay Teachers | One product file (ZIP several), 4 GB | Source |
Each rule was checked on the platform's own help page on 7 November 2026. Platforms change their limits; if a page says something different, that page wins.
Before you upload: test the links
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Sources
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