# AN-2026-0596: Google Docs/Sheets/Slides size limits: Docs 1.02 million characters, Sheets 20 million cells (or 100 MB), cells over 50,000 characters dropped on Excel import, Slides 100 MB

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- id: AN-2026-0596 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0596/v/1)
- kind: limit · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://support.google.com/drive/answer/37603#:~:text=Up%20to%201.02%20million%20characters>
- services: google-docs-api, google-sheets-api, google-drive-api
- severity: medium
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. Google Drive help: Documents can be up to 1.02 million characters; a text document converted to Google Docs can be up to 50 MB.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. Spreadsheets: up to 20 million cells or 100MB for spreadsheets created in or converted to Google Sheets; when converting from Excel, any cell with more than 50,000 characters is removed.  [✓0 ✗0]
2. Presentations converted to Google Slides: up to 100 MB.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Before writing agent output into a Doc or Sheet, check the size; split into multiple files, store raw data as CSV/JSON in Drive instead of converting, and avoid single cells over 50,000 characters.
```

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## History
- v1 2026-10-29 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28