5 MB XML sample file

An XML file of exactly 5,242,880 bytes. It is a valid Extensible Markup Language file, generated for this site and checked with an independent parser.

sample-xml-5mb.xml

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Type: application/xml
SHA-256: 9ccf17d2c1dec6ba0c73cb121f5ceecbc26e390293b1ff9d431443eaa82ee7ed
Direct URL: https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/xml/sample-xml-5mb.xml

What is in this file

A <customers> root element holding 16,276 fictional records that mix child elements, attributes and an empty element. An XML comment before the closing tag brings the file to the exact size.

Elements	16,276 <customer> records
Root element	<customers>
Declaration	XML 1.0, UTF-8
Encoding	UTF-8 (ASCII characters only)
Line endings	LF

How the file begins

The opening lines of sample-xml-5mb.xml, exactly as they appear in the file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<customers generator="SampleTestFiles" description="Sample XML file (5 MB) for testing">
  <customer id="1" active="true">
    <name><first>Ethan</first><last>Zeller</last></name>
    <email>ethan.zeller1@example.com</email>
    <address city="Pune" country="IN"/>
    <signup>2021-07-10</signup>
    <balance currency="USD">2769.84</balance>
    <note>Billing contact changed recently</note>
  </customer>
  <customer id="2" active="true">
    <name><first>Elena</first><last>Underhill</last></name>
    <email>elena.underhill2@example.net</email>
    <address city="Porto Alegre" country="BR"/>

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Where 5 MB matters

A 5,242,880-byte file: the size of a phone photo and the minimum part size for S3 multipart uploads. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

System	Limit	Note
PHP	2 MB per uploaded file by default (upload_max_filesize)	A 5 MB upload fails on an untuned PHP installation.
Vercel Functions	4.5 MB request body	Larger uploads must go directly to object storage.
Amazon S3 multipart upload	5 MiB minimum part size	This file is exactly one minimum part.
AWS Lambda	6 MB synchronous invocation payload	5 MB of binary data exceeds it once base64-encoded.
Browser localStorage	About 5 MB per origin	Storing this file as text fills the quota.
Django	2.5 MB in memory by default	Larger uploads are streamed to a temporary file instead of held in memory.

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Use this file for

Simulating photo uploads from phones
Testing feed readers and SOAP clients
Testing XML parsers and data import

Testing notes for XML

Namespaces change element identity: <name> in two namespaces is two different elements.
Parsers that resolve external entities can be made to read local files or call internal services, an attack called XXE. Disable DTD processing for untrusted input.

XML format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-xml-5mb.xml
Format	XML (Extensible Markup Language)
Extension	.xml
MIME type	application/xml
Size	5,242,880 bytes (5 MB)
Kind	Text
Signature	3C 3F 78 6D 6C
SHA-256	9ccf17d2c1dec6ba0c73cb121f5ceecbc26e390293b1ff9d431443eaa82ee7ed
Created	2026-10-10
Validation	Exact size, signature bytes and structure checked when the file was generated
Preview	Available on this page
Source	Generated for this site; not copied from elsewhere
Licence	Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category	Data

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 5 MB?: Yes. It is 5,242,880 bytes, which is 5 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 5 MB XML file?: A <customers> root element holding 16,276 fictional records that mix child elements, attributes and an empty element. An XML comment before the closing tag brings the file to the exact size.
Do the XML samples use a DTD or entities?: No. They have an XML declaration and no DOCTYPE, so they are safe for parsers with DTD processing disabled.

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