Define Blocked File Types In SharePoint 2013 Central Administration

Here is a Document Library of SharePoint. It only allows a few kinds of files to be uploaded. There are many extensions that SharePoint blocks. Here, you can configure the blocked file types for the Farm in Central Administration in our SharePoint 2013.

How to configure?

Let’s open Central Admin of SharePoint on your machine. On your Windows desktop screen, click Start >> Administrative Tools >> SharePoint 2013 Central Administration.

• Run it as an administrator to have the elevated privileges.
• You will see the screenshot given below.
  
  
  

• Central Admin is configured under the categories given above.
• Click Security.
  
  
  

• Go to General Security.
  
  
  

• Click Define blocked file types.

• You will see the screen given below.

Configure

Here, you will be able to see all the blocked file extensions displayed with respect to your Web Applications.

You can choose a Web Application and allow or disallow the file extensions you want on your SharePoint libraries.

To allow them to  accessyour Document Library; you will need to delete it from the list and click OK. The extension will be unlocked.

There are the extensions of the files blocked from SharePoint 2013, which are given below.

1. ade
2. adp
3. asa
4. ashx
5. asmx
6. asp
7. bas
8. bat
9. cdx
10. cer
11. chm
12. class
13. cmd
14. cnt
15. com
16. config
17. cpl
18. crt
19. csh
20. der
21. dll
22. exe
23. fxp
24. gadget
25. grp
26. hlp
27. hpj
28. hta
29. htr
30. htw
31. ida
32. idc
33. idq
34. ins
35. isp
36. its
37. jse
38. json
39. ksh
40. lnk
41. mad
42. maf
43. mag
44. mam
45. maq
46. mar
47. mas
48. mat
49. mau
50. mav
51. maw
52. mcf
53. mda
54. mdb
55. mde
56. mdt
57. mdw
58. mdz
59. msc
60. msh
61. msh1
62. msh1xml
63. msh2
64. msh2xml
65. mshxml
66. msi
67. ms-one-stub
68. msp
69. mst
70. ops
71. pcd
72. pif
73. pl
74. prf
75. prg
76. printer
77. ps1
78. ps1xml
79. ps2
80. ps2xml
81. psc1
82. psc2
83. pst
84. reg
85. rem
86. scf
87. scr
88. sct
89. shb
90. shs
91. shtm
92. shtml
93. soap
94. stm
95. svc
96. url
97. vb
98. vbe
99. vbs
100. vsix
101. ws
102. wsc
103. wsf
104. wsh
105. xamlx

In this article, we saw how to manage blocked file types in SharePoint 2013 Central Administration. There are more articles to come on Central Administration. Until then, keep reading and keep learning.