# Max File Limit Error When Launching Session

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/max-file-limit-error-when-launching-session/2132892>\
**Category:** UEFN Validation\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, unreal-editor-for-fortnite, bug-report, question\
**Created:** [November 18, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/max-file-limit-error-when-launching-session/2132892 "2024-11-18T14:13:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![PB-SL](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@PB-SL](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/PB-SL)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/max-file-limit-error-when-launching-session/2132892/1 "2024-11-18T14:13:20Z")

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Been getting this error since earlier today whenever I try to launch a session on one of my larger projects that I’ve been working on for the past 5 months or so.

The error (see attached photo bellow) states that the project has exceeded the “maximum files of 5346/5120”. I’ve deleted over 3000 unused files in the level files from inside the engine as well as from the folder location of the project, but the error number remains 5346/5120 whenever I try to launch the session.

I’ve also tried the “resave all” function on all of the folders in the content browser but that did not seem to fix the issue either…

Also, tried migrating the project into entirely new project and all that did was change the numbers to “5208/5120 max”

 ![error-screenshot](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/3/5/0/35076106fe7564e6dacf42bf81e70102088dc60a.png)

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**Author:** ![HaiLF1re](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/hailf1re/32/703693_2.png) [@HaiLF1re](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/HaiLF1re)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/max-file-limit-error-when-launching-session/2132892/2 "2025-02-25T15:55:30Z")

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I have the same problem, a lot of 5190/5120 files, I decided to clean the project and deleted about 200-300 different unnecessary models, textures, animations, but it still gives the same error and also 5190/5120, maybe someone has already managed to fix it?

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**Author:** ![Aspero](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/aspero/32/1114701_2.png) [@Aspero](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Aspero)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/max-file-limit-error-when-launching-session/2132892/3 "2025-10-15T23:26:17Z")

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Is there a fix for this?

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**Author:** ![frostmule](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@frostmule](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/frostmule)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/max-file-limit-error-when-launching-session/2132892/4 "2025-10-16T16:51:04Z")

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Same problem here, i deleted over 200 hundred files and nothing changed.

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**Author:** ![LeobartzMint](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@LeobartzMint](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/LeobartzMint)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/max-file-limit-error-when-launching-session/2132892/5 "2025-10-16T19:10:06Z")

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I have the same problem here, I delet files and nothing happens. Did you fix it?