FAT32 is limited to 32GB in existing versions of Windows. | Image: Tom Warren / The Verge
Microsoft is planning to remove the 32GB size limit for FAT32 partitions in Windows 11. While FAT supports volumes up to 2TB, Windows has had a 32GB arbitrary limit in place for nearly 30 years.
“When formatting disks from the command line using the format command, we’ve increased the FAT32 size limit from 32GB to 2TB,” revealed the Windows team in a blog post on Thursday detailing the latest Windows 11 canary test build.
The limit is only being removed from the format command line right now, so the existing format dialog box will continue to have the FAT32 size limit unless Microsoft finally decides to update this Windows feature it has forgotten about for decades.
The 32GB limit was originally put in place during the development of…