How to get the input file size in jQuery ?

Last Updated : 21 Jun, 2019

The task is to get the fileSize when a user uploads it using JQuery. Approach:

Display the text Choose file from system to get the fileSize on the screen.
Click on the browse button to select the upload file.
After selecting a file, the function is called which display the size of the selected file.
The function uses file.size method to display the file size in bytes.

Example 1: This example adds an event to the input[type=file] element and when user uploads the file, the size of the file prints on screen.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>
        How to get the input file size in jQuery ?
    </title>
    
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.0/jquery.min.js">
    </script>
</head>

<body style="text-align:center;">
    
    <h1 style="color:green;"> 
        GeeksforGeeks 
    </h1>
    
    <p id="GFG_UP" style=
        "font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;">
    </p>
    
    <input type="file" id="File" />
    
    <br><br>
    
    <p id="GFG_DOWN" style=
        "color:green; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">
    </p>
    
    <script>
        $('#GFG_UP').text("Choose file from system to get the fileSize");
        $('#File').on('change', function() {
            $('#GFG_DOWN').text(this.files[0].size + "bytes");
        });
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Before selecting the file:
After selecting the file:

Example 2: This example adds an event to the input[type=file] element and when user uploads the file, the size of the file prints on screen. This example allows the users to upload file of size lesser than 2MB.

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