--- title: Microsoft Finally Ups FAT32 Size Limit | daily.dev description: Microsoft is finally raising the FAT32 volume size limit in Windows formatting tools from 32 GB to 2 TB, available in the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-finally-ups-fat32-size-limit-mvf4d1udi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft Finally Ups FAT32 Size Limit | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft is finally raising the FAT32 volume size limit in Windows formatting tools from 32 GB to 2 TB, available in the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-finally-ups-fat32-size-limit-mvf4d1udi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mvF4D1Udi.png og:image:alt: Microsoft Finally Ups FAT32 Size Limit og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft Finally Ups FAT32 Size Limit **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft is finally raising the FAT32 volume size limit in Windows formatting tools from 32 GB to 2 TB, available in the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build. The 32 GB cap was never part of the FAT32 specification itself — it was an arbitrary decision made when the Format dialog was built over 30 years ago. The change also affects the command-line format tool. Notably, FAT32 still has a hard 4 GB per-file limit, making it a poor choice for modern use cases like HD or 4K video recording. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.8165 \(Beta Channel\)](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26220-8165-beta-channel--zqaisgz9b) · Windows Blogs · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.8170 \(Dev Channel\)](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26300-8170-dev-channel--mdaoqefpc) · Windows Blogs · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [LOL\! 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