# "Too large" message when trying to sync **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [October 17, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/too-large-message-when-trying-to-sync/4417 "2020-10-17T22:01:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![neribr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/neribr/32/1252_2.png) [@neribr](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/neribr)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/too-large-message-when-trying-to-sync/4417/1 "2020-10-17T22:01:47Z")
I am a big contributor to Anki. Probably the top contributor of decks, in terms of _download numbers_. So anyways, my collection of decks is big because of that. And when I tried to sync today, I got a message: saying ‘Too large’. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/7/7757d4313b00c04208481608c236c88a39b0acf8.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/e/edd05d9a9ac580525102e5bc853a36315e256f48.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/9/94d58992b183c23ad863142c51e77f5cd4884f0b.png) What is the way around? How can I fix it? Edit: By the way: 1. the total text-size of my entire collection, is 50mb 2. I was able to sync just fine on 2.1.30, maybe the problem is that I updated to 2.1.35? Because the changes to my collection were so little. 3. It is very unlikely that I exceeded some media-size limit, because my media folder’s size went up from ~6.45GB to 6.48GB in the time when I could sync… to now that I can’t sync. Edit 2: I just downgraded to Anki 2.1.30 and the problem persists… I suppose it’s related to some recent change to the syncing server? Edit 3: I used the button to delete unused media, suddenly my media folder’s size went from 6.5GB to 1.4GB… but the ‘too large’ message persists. edit 4: one thing that maybe I should mention, is that I’m clicking the ‘upload to ankiweb’ button: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/2/2fcd5bc1080a78405e06c4242141c339bfa90f5c.png) ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/too-large-message-when-trying-to-sync/4417/2 "2020-10-18T22:33:01Z")
Your uncompressed card/note/review data is over 300MB. This is above what AnkiWeb supports in a single account: [https://faqs.ankiweb.net/are-there-limits-on-file-sizes-on-ankiweb.html](https://faqs.ankiweb.net/are-there-limits-on-file-sizes-on-ankiweb.html) It is not possible to adjust AnkiWeb’s limit, but you can export some of the content, and delete it after importing it into a separate profile. After creating a separate AnkiWeb profile and uploading the content there, if you wish to update your existing shared decks, please provide a list to me and I’ll transfer them over to your other account. ---
**Author:** ![neribr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/neribr/32/1252_2.png) [@neribr](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/neribr)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/too-large-message-when-trying-to-sync/4417/3 "2020-10-18T23:11:43Z")
I found a temporary workaround. It seems that the sync issue is when I **upload it all at once** , but not when I do a simple sync. So I did it like this: 1. I exported the only deck that I modified between this and the last sync 2. I used the option to sync by downloading everything from Ankiweb 3. With that, my collection reverted to the state upon which I could sync without issues 4. I re-imported the only deck that I modified, back into my Anki, and synced without issues. It seems that so long as I avoid that ‘inconsistent collection’ message, I will be fine. If someday I need to employ your solution, I’ll let you know. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/too-large-message-when-trying-to-sync/4417/4 "2023-05-01T05:26:12Z")