# Downloading Large Files - 1Gb Limit (Galaxy Main | wget | curl | API Key)

**URL:** <https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/downloading-large-files-1gb-limit-galaxy-main-wget-curl-api-key/1909>\
**Category:** usegalaxy.org support\
**Tags:** download\
**Created:** [August 12, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/downloading-large-files-1gb-limit-galaxy-main-wget-curl-api-key/1909 "2019-08-12T12:40:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![jennaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/jennaj/32/27_2.png) [@jennaj](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/jennaj)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/downloading-large-files-1gb-limit-galaxy-main-wget-curl-api-key/1909/14 "2020-08-14T18:26:23Z")

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Downloading larger datasets in a history archive (potentially subsetted to only include important data) is the current workaround. More details in this post: [Files will not download completely](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/files-will-not-download-completely/4282/)

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