# 'Invalid file type — Only image files are allowed' when dragging a file in

**What you are seeing**

'Invalid file type. Only image files are allowed' when dragging a file in.

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## Why it happens

The file's extension is not on the drag-and-drop accepted list (bmp, gif, ico, jfif, jpeg, jpg, png, svg, tiff, webp, psd, ai, pdf).

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## What to do

Convert the file to one of the accepted formats.

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## Settings involved

| **Setting**                              | **Where**                                                   | **What it does** |
| ---------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| Global settings → Capabilities           | Confluence admin → Apps → Capable → Settings → Capabilities | \-               |
| Global settings → Asset access (Permissi | Capable settings → Asset access                             | \-               |
| Global settings → Egress                 | Capable settings → Egress                                   | \-               |

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## Limits that apply here

| **Limit**                                  | **Value**                                | **What happens**                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Upload. Drag and drop accepted extensions. | Bmp, gif, ico, jfif, jpeg, jpg, png, svg | Anything else raises 'Invalid file type. Only image files are allowed'.                                                                                                                                 |
| General image compression target           | 5 MB and 2500 px on the longest side     | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Editor / attachment-import fetch ceiling   | 3 MB                                     | An attachment loaded for editing or importing into the library is capped at 3 MB of raw bytes. Larger files are auto-resized to PNG to fit; only if that still fails does it error 'Image too large for |

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## Related

[Global images section has disappeared from the libraryThe CAPABLEASSETSTORE space is missing, unreadable by this user, or could not be created. ](https://help.gocapable.com/images/global-images-section-has-disappeared-from-the-library.html)

[Deleted a folder and the images that were in it are unaccounted forDeleting a folder issues a single delete for the folder record itself. There is no cascade](https://help.gocapable.com/images/deleted-a-folder-and-the-images-that-were-in-it-are-unaccounted-for.html)

[Everything elseThe rest of this family.](https://help.gocapable.com/images/everything-else.html)

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