100 MB RTF sample

An RTF file of exactly 104,857,600 bytes. It is a valid Rich Text Format file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 100 MB sample, test or dummy RTF file.

sample-rtf-100mb.rtf

100 MB104,857,600 bytes

Download 100 MB RTF

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Type: application/rtf
SHA-256: 7d113c679e5728ebe0dff1778a9b9aa03a2b91b5c7e9fe011b5646f69db3f80b
Delivery: Created in your browser from static generator assets (how it works).

What is in this file

A Rich Text Format document with a title and 291,894 sections of bold headings and body text in Helvetica. An ignorable destination group ({\*\fixturepad}), which word processors skip, brings the file to the exact size.

Sections	291,894
Character set	ANSI, code page 1252
Fonts	Helvetica
Images	None
Encoding	UTF-8 (ASCII characters only)

How the file begins

The opening lines of sample-rtf-100mb.rtf, exactly as they appear in the file.

00000000  7b 5c 72 74 66 31 5c 61  6e 73 69 5c 61 6e 73 69 |{\rtf1\ansi\ansi|
00000010  63 70 67 31 32 35 32 5c  64 65 66 66 30 7b 5c 66 |cpg1252\deff0{\f|
00000020  6f 6e 74 74 62 6c 7b 5c  66 30 5c 66 73 77 69 73 |onttbl{\f0\fswis|
00000030  73 20 48 65 6c 76 65 74  69 63 61 3b 7d 7d 5c 66 |s Helvetica;}}\f|

Preview

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Where 100 MB matters

A 104,857,600-byte file: the request-body limit of Cloudflare's Free and Pro plans, and the size above which GitHub rejects a file outright.

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Use this file for

Finding the first upload limit in a new stack
Verifying upload filters that allow or block RTF
Testing legacy document import

Testing notes for RTF

Two MIME types are in use, application/rtf and text/rtf, and allow-lists should recognise both.
RTF readers must skip groups they do not understand; a parser that fails on unknown control words is not conformant.

RTF format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-rtf-100mb.rtf
Format	RTF (Rich Text Format)
Extension	.rtf
MIME type	application/rtf
Size	104,857,600 bytes (100 MB)
Kind	Text
Signature	7B 5C 72 74 66 31
SHA-256	7d113c679e5728ebe0dff1778a9b9aa03a2b91b5c7e9fe011b5646f69db3f80b
Created	2026-10-23
Validation	See the listed size and SHA-256. Small downloads are checked in the browser; verify streamed downloads manually. A hash match does not prove parser compatibility.
Preview	Available on this page
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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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 100 MB?: Yes. It is 104,857,600 bytes, which is 100 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 100 MB RTF file?: A Rich Text Format document with a title and 291,894 sections of bold headings and body text in Helvetica. An ignorable destination group ({\*\fixturepad}), which word processors skip, brings the file to the exact size.
Do the RTF samples contain embedded objects?: No. They contain only formatted text: bold headings and paragraphs in a single font.

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