2 MB XLSX sample file

An XLSX file of exactly 2,097,152 bytes. It is a valid Excel workbook (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 XLSX file.

sample-xlsx-2mb.xlsx

2 MB2,097,152 bytes

Download 2 MB XLSX

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Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
SHA-256: 21cdde89805a83f9ad41a8a2d25a2df80bb2b34770357fbd9f85508b96d4e74b
Delivery: Created in your browser. Files of 2 MB and more have no direct URL (why).

What is in this file

One worksheet with a bold, frozen header row and 22,583 rows of fictional orders: text, dates, numbers and a formula in every row. 1,662 bytes of text in the workbook description property bring the file to the exact size.

Sheets	1 (Orders)
Data rows	22,583
Columns	9
Formulas	22,583 (total = quantity × unit price)
Frozen panes	Header row
Macros	None
Container	ZIP (Office Open XML)

First bytes of the file

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

00000000  50 4b 03 04 14 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 21 5c 19 27  |PK..........!\.'|
00000010  be 30 61 01 00 00 96 03 00 00 13 00 00 00 5b 43  |.0a...........[C|
00000020  6f 6e 74 65 6e 74 5f 54 79 70 65 73 5d 2e 78 6d  |ontent_Types].xm|
00000030  6c b2 b1 af c8 cd 51 28 4b 2d 2a ce cc cf b3 55  |l.....Q(K-*....U|

Preview

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

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.

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Use this file for

Finding out whether a 1 MB default has been raised
Checking date and number conversion
Verifying formula handling

Testing notes for XLSX

Reading a large workbook with a DOM-style library can use many times the file size in memory. Test with the 5 MB and 10 MB samples and prefer streaming readers.
Importers that read only cached values and importers that recalculate formulas can disagree. The samples include a formula in every row.

XLSX format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-xlsx-2mb.xlsx
Format	XLSX (Excel workbook (Office Open XML))
Extension	.xlsx
MIME type	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Size	2,097,152 bytes (2 MB)
Kind	Binary
Signature	50 4B 03 04
SHA-256	21cdde89805a83f9ad41a8a2d25a2df80bb2b34770357fbd9f85508b96d4e74b
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	Spreadsheets

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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-xlsx-2mb.xlsx     # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-xlsx-2mb.xlsx # macOS

On Windows, run Get-FileHash sample-xlsx-2mb.xlsx -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 XLSX file?: One worksheet with a bold, frozen header row and 30,684 rows of fictional orders: text, dates, numbers and a formula in every row. 4,571 bytes of text in the workbook description property bring the file to the exact size.
Do the workbooks contain macros?: No. They are plain .xlsx files with one worksheet, a frozen header row and simple multiplication formulas.

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