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What is the maximum name length for a document on Google Drive?

This is a question that most of the people ask, but when they are trying to search for answers it is most likely that they will not find some concrete information about it..

So the limitations for Google Drive: maximum characters name length 32767 characters.

Example:

I created a file name on Google Drive, that has a name of 11974 characters:
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1However, if you are using Google Drive for Windows or Mac, or you are trying to download that file on one of your stations running Windows or Mac OS it will be automatically resized to around 240-260 characters, because the maximum length for this Operating Systems is 260 characters (including the file type, ex: .pdf / .docx / etc.).

As you can see in the example below, I downloaded the newly created document from Google Drive, and the MAC OS automatically resized the name accordingly to the Operating System’s limitations: 
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So a complete table with maximum name length:
– Google Drive – maximum characters name length is 32767
– Windows OS  – maximum characters name length is 260
– Mac OS – maximum characters name length is 260