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How to Send Files That Are Too Big for Email

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The limits

Most email providers cap attachments around 20-25 MB. A phone-scanned 10-page document can easily exceed that. Before splitting the file or hunting for a transfer service, try shrinking it - often a 70% reduction is possible with no visible difference.

Shrinking a PDF

Shrinking images

When compression is not enough

For truly huge files - video, full-resolution photo sets - upload to a cloud drive and share a link instead. Email was never designed for that payload, and compression cannot fix it.