My file is too large
ilolink caps each document at 15 MB. If yours is over, compress or resize the embedded images, remove unused assets, or paste only the part you want to share. The images are almost always what pushed you over.
The limit
15 MB per doc. That's the whole raw body — the Markdown or HTML you paste, or the file you drop, counting every inline image and asset baked into it. Not a page, not a project: one document, 15 MB. Most write-ups, specs, and HTML pages sit well under it, so if you're over, something heavy is embedded.
Why there's a cap
Two reasons, both in your favor. Every doc is served from Cloudflare's global edge, and a lean document loads fast from anywhere — a 15 MB page doesn't. And every doc is sanitized on ingest before it's published; keeping bodies bounded keeps that pass quick and predictable. The cap is what makes a paste-and-share link feel instant.
How to get under it
Work down this list — the first one usually does it:
- Compress or resize images before embedding. A full-resolution photo or screenshot is often 1–4 MB on its own, so a handful of them clears 15 MB fast. Drop each to a sensible display width and re-export as compressed JPEG or WebP before it goes into the doc.
- Strip large
data:URI images and link them instead. If your HTML has a giantdata:image/png;base64,…blob inline, base64 adds roughly a third to the original size, and a few of those strings can be most of the 15 MB on their own. Host the images somewhere onhttpsand reference them by URL — the doc drops to a few kilobytes. See how to host an AI image. - Paste the key section, not the whole thing. If you're sharing one part of a long document, share that part. A tight page also reads better and its scroll and heatmap data is more useful.
- Remove unused assets. Fonts you don't use, duplicated images, dead markup — clear them out.
- Big media stays out for now. Audio and video hosting isn't supported yet; you can't get a 40 MB clip under the cap by trimming. Link to where it already lives instead.
Questions
- What's the exact cap?
- 15 MB per doc. That's the raw body — the pasted Markdown or HTML, or the dropped file — including every inline image and asset in it.
- Can I host a video?
- Not yet. Audio and video hosting is on the roadmap, not live. Publish your page and link out to where the video already lives.
- Why is my HTML file so big?
- Usually embedded data: URI images. A single inline base64 image can be one to several megabytes. Host the image on https and link it instead of embedding it, and the file shrinks to a few kilobytes.
- Does the cap count images separately?
- No. It's the whole document body as one number. Inline images count against the same 15 MB as your text, which is why they're the usual culprit when you're over.
Try it on your own doc
Trim it and publish.