diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/activities/MainActivity.kt
index 9ee34db3..82e05658 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -161,10 +161,14 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener {
 
     private fun openFile() {
         FilePickerDialog(this) {
-            val filename = it.getFilenameFromPath()
-            val content = File(it).readText()
-            val note = Note(0, filename, content, TYPE_NOTE)
-            addNewNote(note)
+            if (File(it).length() > 10) {
+                toast(R.string.file_too_large)
+            } else {
+                val filename = it.getFilenameFromPath()
+                val content = File(it).readText()
+                val note = Note(0, filename, content, TYPE_NOTE)
+                addNewNote(note)
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml
index 3d493c45..793e250e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <string name="general_note">Hauptnotiz</string>
     <string name="open_file">Open file</string>
     <string name="save_as_file">Save as file</string>
+    <string name="file_too_large">File too large, the limit is 10MB</string>
 
     <!-- Settings -->
     <string name="widget_note">Widget Notiz</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-es/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-es/strings.xml
index eca789ea..7014fde4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-es/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-es/strings.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <string name="general_note">Nota principal</string>
     <string name="open_file">Open file</string>
     <string name="save_as_file">Save as file</string>
+    <string name="file_too_large">File too large, the limit is 10MB</string>
 
     <!-- Settings -->
     <string name="note_font_size">Tamaño de fuente</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-fr/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-fr/strings.xml
index 51c4972f..d8e75be5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-fr/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-fr/strings.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <string name="general_note">Note générale</string>
     <string name="open_file">Open file</string>
     <string name="save_as_file">Save as file</string>
+    <string name="file_too_large">File too large, the limit is 10MB</string>
 
     <!-- Settings -->
     <string name="widget_note">Note utilisée dans le widget</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-hu/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-hu/strings.xml
index c6fdfbd8..d9140ab7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-hu/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-hu/strings.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <string name="general_note">Alapértelmezett jegyzet</string>
     <string name="open_file">Open file</string>
     <string name="save_as_file">Save as file</string>
+    <string name="file_too_large">File too large, the limit is 10MB</string>
 
     <!-- Settings -->
     <string name="widget_note">A widget-ben használt jegyzet</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-it/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-it/strings.xml
index cf0ccebe..5116cdc6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-it/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-it/strings.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <string name="general_note">General note</string>
     <string name="open_file">Open file</string>
     <string name="save_as_file">Save as file</string>
+    <string name="file_too_large">File too large, the limit is 10MB</string>
 
     <!-- Settings -->
     <string name="note_font_size">Note font size</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-ja/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-ja/strings.xml
index 0af79ce4..66db3ee7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-ja/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-ja/strings.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <string name="general_note">全般メモ</string>
     <string name="open_file">Open file</string>
     <string name="save_as_file">Save as file</string>
+    <string name="file_too_large">File too large, the limit is 10MB</string>
 
     <!-- Settings -->
     <string name="note_font_size">メモのフォントサイズ</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-pt-rPT/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-pt-rPT/strings.xml
index b6adbe9d..dac8804b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-pt-rPT/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-pt-rPT/strings.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <string name="general_note">Nota genérica</string>
     <string name="open_file">Open file</string>
     <string name="save_as_file">Save as file</string>
+    <string name="file_too_large">File too large, the limit is 10MB</string>
 
     <!-- Settings -->
     <string name="note_font_size">Tamanho do texto da nota</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-sv/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-sv/strings.xml
index 4c8261f6..f1042f8d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-sv/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-sv/strings.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <string name="general_note">General note</string>
     <string name="open_file">Open file</string>
     <string name="save_as_file">Save as file</string>
+    <string name="file_too_large">File too large, the limit is 10MB</string>
 
     <!-- Settings -->
     <string name="note_font_size">Note font size</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index ec334440..ff5efc7d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <string name="general_note">General note</string>
     <string name="open_file">Open file</string>
     <string name="save_as_file">Save as file</string>
+    <string name="file_too_large">File too large, the limit is 10MB</string>
 
     <!-- Settings -->
     <string name="widget_note">Note used in widget</string>