---
title: "Breaking: #71110 - TYPO3-specific Upload Limit removed"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:breaking-71110"
source: "Changelog/7.6/Breaking-71110-TYPO3-specificUploadLimitRemoved.rst"
modified: "2026-09-14T09:47:36+00:00"
---

# Breaking: #71110 - TYPO3-specific Upload Limit removed

See [forge#71110](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/71110)

## Description

TYPO3 has a specific upload limit setting, that is set to 10MB by default, to manually limit down the PHP-specific
setting `max_upload_limit`. If not configured properly the PHP limit was lower than the TYPO3-specific limit.

The TYPO3 setting `$TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['maxFileSize']` has been removed and the PHP-internal limit is now the
upper barrier.

## Impact

Setting the option mentioned above has no effect anymore. The PHP limit is used instead.

The TCA setting `max_size` for `fe_users.image` has been removed, allowing editors to upload images with a size
up to the PHP-specific limit.

## Affected Installations

Extensions that use `$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['BE']['maxFileSize']` as default for the TCA setting `max_size`
need adjustment, if the PHP-specific upload limit is higher than `$TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['maxFileSize']`.

## Migration

Explicitly set a value for `max_size` or drop those lines from your TCA configuration.