Check file upload formats and requirements for Canva

Want to use your own photos, videos and files in your Canva designs? You can upload them to Canva and keep them all in one place.

• Canva Free users can upload up to 5GB of media.
• Canva Pro users can upload up to 100GB.
• Canva Business users can upload up to 500GB per team.
• Canva Enterprise users can upload from 1–5TB per team.

If you’re a Canva Contributor looking for asset upload requirements, see Contributor submission requirements.

• Under 50MB in size
• No more than 250 million total pixels (width × height)
• WebP: only static images are currently supported

• Under 3MB in size
• Between 150 and 200 pixels wide
• Saved with an SVG Profile of “SVG 1.1”

• Expand all strokes, paths and text boxes (Select your artwork > Object > Expand)
• Group shapes with the same colour together
• Avoid using textures and gradients
• Fit the artwork within the artboard (Object > Artboards > Fit to Selected Art)
• Remove unnecessary layers, stray anchor points and invisible objects
• If you’re using Adobe Illustrator to create your SVG file, change the CSS Properties to Presentation Attributes before saving

• AAC, M4A, MP3, OGG, WMA, WAV or WEBM file format
• No more than 250MB

• MOV, GIF, MP4, MPEG, MKV or WEBM file format
• Maximum file size: 1GB

• Apple Intermediate
• ProRes 4444 (ProRes 422 supported)
• HDV 720p60
• Go2Meeting3 (G2M3)
• Go2Meeting4 (G2M4)
• Videos with transparent backgrounds: try uploading a short version as a GIF.

Uploading fonts is available to Canva Pro, Canva Teams, Canva Business, Canva Education and Canva for Nonprofits users.

Make sure your font licence allows embedding. If it doesn’t, the upload may fail. If you’re unsure, check its licensing information or contact the font provider/seller.

The following font formats are supported:

• Open Type Font (.otf )
• True Type Font (.ttf)
• Web Open Font Format (.woff)

You can upload a maximum of 500 fonts per brand kit.

• Supports .af (new unified format), as well as legacy formats: .afdesign, .afphoto and .afpub
• All files upload as originals with full preview
• You can convert them at any time from the preview without changing the original file

• No more than 300MB in size
• Only .ai files saved as a “PDF compatible format” are supported
• Some layers may be flattened when you import the file

• No more than 100MB for .ppt files and 300MB for .pptx, .potx and .ppsm files.
• File types should be .ppt, .pptx or .potx
• Some content may not be imported (3D objects, WordArt, pattern fills)

• No more than 100MB for .doc files and 300MB for .docx or .dotx files.
• File type should be .doc, .docx or .dotx
• Comments in .docx files will also be imported to Canva

• No more than 5MB in size.
• File type should be .md.
• Markdown files can only be imported into Canva Docs. They’re not supported in other design types.
• You can’t download your design as a Markdown file after importing.

You can import TXT files into Canva. When you import a TXT file, Canva automatically creates a Canva Doc or a Canva Sheet, depending on what’s in the file.

• File size limit: TXT files can be up to 5MB.
• Comma-separated/structured text opens as a Canva Sheet. It must also meet Canva Sheets’ row and column limits.
• Regular unstructured text will open as a Doc.

You can’t manually choose whether a TXT file imports as a Doc or a Sheet; Canva decides automatically based on the file’s content.

• No more than 300MB in size.
• Maximum of 500 pages.
• File type should be .pdf

• No more than 300MB in size.
• Design shouldn’t exceed 300 image layers.
• File format should be .psd

• No more than 100MB in size.
• File format should be .xlsx or .xls
• Sheets have a limit of 500 rows and 52 columns.

• No more than 100MB in size.
• File format should be .csv

If your file doesn’t upload, check the format and size limits above, then try again.