File types supported for previewing files in OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams

You can preview hundreds of file types in Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint, without installing the application used to create the file. The previews and thumbnail images appear in the web view and for customers using Files On-Demand in Windows 10.

Notes: 

  • For SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, previews can be shown in modern document libraries for specific file types including:

  • Images: AI, BMP, EMF, EPS, GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, PSD, SVG, TIF, TIFF, WMF

  • SharePoint page: ASPX

  • If Office Online Server is installed, document preview can be shown in modern document libraries for these file types: Acrobat (PDF), PowerPoint (POTM, POTX, PPSM, PPSX, PPT, PPTM, PPTX), Rich Text (RTF), Word (DOC, DOCM, DOCX, DOTM, DOTX).

Here’s the full list of file types supported.

3-D Modeling/Printing: 3MF, COOL, GLB, GLTF, OBJ, STL

Note: OneDrive.com can only show 3-D files up to 250MB in size. References to external resources such as materials and textures aren't supported.

Apple: MOVIE, PAGES, PICT, SKETCH

Adobe: AI, PDF, PSB, PSD  (Adobe Portfolio PDF files are unsupported)

Audio/Video Media Files: 3G2, 3GP, 3GPP, ASF, AVI, M2TS, M4A, M4V, MKV, MOV, MP3, MP4, MP4V, MTS, TS, WAV, WEBM, WMA, WMV

Notes: 

  • WMA audio playback is not supported on Safari (iOS).

  • MTS thumbnails are supported, but MTS playback depends on the audio codec used.

  • Depending on the browser you use:

    • Playback may not be supported if your media file has a bitrate higher than 50 Mbps, or an H.264 level higher than 5.1.

    • Windows can't play files that use the AC3 audio code.

AutoCAD: DWG

AutoDesk: FBX

BioWare Game Engine: ERF

Compressed File: ZIP

Compressed File (Unix): Z

DICOM Medical Images: DCM, DCM30, DICM, DICOM

Finale: PLY

HydroCAD: HCP

Image Formats: GIF, HEIC, HEIF, JPEG, JPG, JPE, MEF, MRW, NEF, NRW, ORF, PANO, PEF, PNG, RW2, SPM, TIF, TIFF, XBM, XCF

Note: OneDrive.com can only show thumbnails or image previews if the image size is less than 100 MB (approximately 12000 x 8000 pixels).

License Key: KEY

Log Files: LOG

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel): CSV, DIC, DOC, DOCM, DOCX, DOTM, DOTX, POT, POTM, POTX, PPS, PPSM, PPSX, PPT, PPTM, PPTX, XD, XLS, XLSB, XLSX, SLTX

Microsoft Outlook: EML, MSG

Microsoft Visio: VSD, VSDX

Microsoft Windows: CUR, ICO, ICON

Open eBook: EPUB

OpenOffice: ODP, ODS, ODT

Photo: ARW, CR2, CRW, DNG

Rich Text Format: RTF

Text and Code: ABAP, ADA, ADP, AHK, AS, AS3, ASC, ASCX, ASM, ASP, AWK, BAS, BASH, BASH_LOGIN, BASH_LOGOUT, BASH_PROFILE, BASHRC, BAT, BIB, BSH, BUILD, BUILDER, C, C++, CAPFILE, CBK, CC, CFC, CFM, CFML, CL, CLJ, CMAKE, CMD, COFFEE, CPP, CPT, CPY, CS, CSHTML, CSON, CSPROJ, CSS, CTP, CXX, D, DDL, DI. DIF, DIFF, DISCO, DML, DTD, DTML, EL, EMAKE, ERB, ERL, F90, F95, FS, FSI, FSSCRIPT, FSX, GEMFILE, GEMSPEC, GITCONFIG, GO, GROOVY, GVY, H, H++, HAML, HANDLEBARS, HBS, HRL, HS, HTC, HTML, HXX, IDL, IIM, INC, INF, INI, INL, IPP, IRBRC, JADE, JAV, JAVA, JS, JSON, JSP, JSX, L, LESS, LHS, LISP, LOG, LST, LTX, LUA, M, MAKE, MARKDN, MARKDOWN, MD, MDOWN, MKDN, ML, MLI, MLL, MLY, MM, MUD, NFO, OPML, OSASCRIPT, OUT, P, PAS, PATCH, PHP, PHP2, PHP3, PHP4, PHP5, PL, PLIST, PM, POD, PP, PROFILE, PROPERTIES, PS, PS1, PT, PY, PYW, R, RAKE, RB, RBX, RC, RE, README, REG, REST, RESW, RESX, RHTML, RJS, RPROFILE, RPY, RSS, RST, RXML, S, SASS, SCALA, SCM, SCONSCRIPT, SCONSTRUCT, SCRIPT, SCSS, SGML, SH, SHTML, SML, SQL, STY, TCL, TEX, TEXT, TEXTILE, TLD, TLI, TMPL, TPL, TXT, VB, VI, VIM, WSDL, XAML, XHTML, XOML, XML, XSD, XSL, XSLT, YAML, YAWS, YML, ZSH

Web/Hypertext: HTM, HTML, Markdown, MD, URL

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