# Unable to increase maximum file size upload

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**Created:** [August 16, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-increase-maximum-file-size-upload/51159 "2025-08-16T11:46:16Z")\
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Your file size might be exceeding nginx’s client\_max\_body\_size, @cduguet.

You can try increasing it in your `app/conf/nginx/nginx.conf.hbs` file. Change this line:

```conf
	client_max_body_size 1000M;

```

To this:

```conf
	client_max_body_size 4000M;

```

Then stop and start your site in Local.

If that does not work you could try importing your backup using WP-CLI from Local’s site shell using the [WP-CLI commands for All-in-one migration](https://gist.github.com/Niq1982/7b02c735d55d20395c655637d0491e74), which should bypass any server limits (but not PHP’s limits).

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