2 MB DOCX sample file

A DOCX file of exactly 2,097,152 bytes. It is a valid Word document (Office Open XML) file, generated for this site and checked with an independent parser. Use it wherever you need a 2 MB sample, test or dummy DOCX file.

sample-docx-2mb.docx

2 MB2,097,152 bytes

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Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
SHA-256: a92fd0667217761c607ef4f80e8145bb2b0fd729b8aaef484a28f8c569eaa6c2
Delivery: Created in your browser. Files of 2 MB and more have no direct URL (why).

What is in this file

A short Word document with headings, body text, a list and a table, plus one embedded test-card PNG of 2,061,058 bytes. The image is stored uncompressed and sized so that the document is exactly 2,097,152 bytes.

Contents	Headings, paragraphs, a bulleted list, a table and one image
Embedded image	PNG, 949 × 723 px
Macros	None
Tracked changes	None
Container	ZIP (Office Open XML)

First bytes of the file

The first 64 bytes of sample-docx-2mb.docx as a hex dump: offset, bytes, then the same bytes as text. The DOCX signature is 50 4B 03 04.

00000000  50 4b 03 04 14 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 21 5c fc a7  |PK..........!\..|
00000010  ae d0 9d 01 00 00 fc 06 00 00 13 00 00 00 5b 43  |..............[C|
00000020  6f 6e 74 65 6e 74 5f 54 79 70 65 73 5d 2e 78 6d  |ontent_Types].xm|
00000030  6c b5 95 b1 6e db 30 10 86 f7 3e 85 a0 45 43 20  |l...n.0...>..EC |

Preview

DOCX files cannot be shown in a browser. Download the file and open it in an application that reads DOCX, such as Microsoft Word.

Where 2 MB matters

A 2,097,152-byte file: exactly the default upload limit of PHP, and twice the default of nginx and Spring Boot. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

System	Limit	Note
PHP	2 MB per uploaded file by default (upload_max_filesize)	A file of exactly 2 MB is accepted; one byte more is refused.
nginx	1 MB by default (client_max_body_size)	Rejected with 413 Request Entity Too Large.
Spring Boot multipart	1 MB per file by default (max-file-size)	Rejected unless the property is raised.
Django	2.5 MB in memory by default	2 MB is held in memory; the 5 MB sample is streamed to a temporary file.
Vercel Functions	4.5 MB request body	Accepted, including as base64 at about 2.8 MB.

All 2 MB sample files

Use this file for

Finding out whether a 1 MB default has been raised
Checking document-to-PDF conversion
Verifying MIME detection of ZIP-based formats

Testing notes for DOCX

Content sniffers often report DOCX as application/zip. Correct detection has to look inside the package for [Content_Types].xml.
The long MIME type is frequently mistyped in allow-lists, which makes valid Word files fail validation.

DOCX format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-docx-2mb.docx
Format	DOCX (Word document (Office Open XML))
Extension	.docx
MIME type	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Size	2,097,152 bytes (2 MB)
Kind	Binary
Signature	50 4B 03 04
SHA-256	a92fd0667217761c607ef4f80e8145bb2b0fd729b8aaef484a28f8c569eaa6c2
Created	2026-10-14
Validation	Exact size, signature bytes and structure checked when the generator was built; your copy is checked against the SHA-256 after it is created
Preview	Not available for this file; details only
Source	Generated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere
Licence	Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category	Documents

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Verify your copy

This file is created in your browser, so it has no direct URL for curl or wget. The bytes are the same every time and in every browser, so after saving it you can compare its checksum with the SHA-256 value above.

sha256sum sample-docx-2mb.docx     # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-docx-2mb.docx # macOS

On Windows, run Get-FileHash sample-docx-2mb.docx -Algorithm SHA256 in PowerShell. For scripts and pipelines, save the file once and keep your own copy, or use a 1 MB file, which has a direct URL.

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 2 MB?: Yes. It is 2,097,152 bytes, which is 2 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 2 MB DOCX file?: A short Word document with headings, body text, a list and a table, plus one embedded test-card PNG of 2,061,058 bytes. The image is stored uncompressed and sized so that the document is exactly 2,097,152 bytes.
Why does my server say the file is a ZIP archive?: Because it is one. Tools that only read the first bytes cannot tell DOCX from ZIP; they must check the package contents or fall back to the file extension.

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