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Does Shopify Digital Downloads have a bandwidth or download limit?

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At a glance
Short answer
No — Digital Products has no bandwidth limit, and downloads are unlimited unless you set a download limit, which applies per variant.
Admin share links
Not tied to a buyer; don't expire, but are subject to the variant's download limit
One buyer
Resend download email, or Deactivate and Activate; no per-order count reset in the pages we read (September 24, 2026)
File size
5 GB per file; several files or a .zip per variant, no folders
Name
Digital Products is the current name; digital-downloads survives in its Help Center and App Store addresses

Does the Digital Products app limit bandwidth or file size?

Not bandwidth: the app's Help Center page says “There is no bandwidth limit for downloads,” and the in-app bandwidth statistic is “for your information only.” For the store, see whether any Shopify plan has a bandwidth cap.

Files do have a ceiling: “The maximum file size is 5 GB.” A variant can hold multiple files or a .zip archive, but not folders.

Neither the app's Help Center page nor Shopify's file-storage page, both read September 24, 2026, says whether these files use your plan's storage — see what counts against a store's storage limit.

How does the download limit work?

“By default, all variants are set to unlimited,” so nothing runs out until you set a number. The Default download limit sits in the fulfillment settings, and with multiple variants you need to set a download limit for each variant individually. Admin share links aren't tied to a buyer and “don't expire, but they are subject to the variant's download limit.”

For one buyer, Resend download email re-sends their link, and Deactivate blocks it until you click Activate. Neither the app's Help Center page nor its App Store listing, both read September 24, 2026, shows a way to reset one order's download count; raising the variant's limit affects all past and future sales for that variant.

To limit file sharing, see how to protect your digital files.


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