If you try to open a huge text file in Notepad++ you may see an error message alert "File is too big to be opened by Notepad++".
![File is too big to be opened by Notepad++.jpg. File is too big to be opened by Notepad++.jpg.](https://code2care.org/howto/read-huge-text-files-in-notepad-plus-plus-csv-json-xml/images/File is too big to be opened by Notepad++.jpg.webp)
Do you know there is a plugin named HugeFiles that you can install from the Plugin > "Plugin Admin" that can help you read huge text files such as .txt, .csv, .json, or .xml as one chunk at a time.
![Huge Files Plugin Notepad++.jpg. Huge Files Plugin Notepad++.jpg.](https://code2care.org/howto/read-huge-text-files-in-notepad-plus-plus-csv-json-xml/images/Huge Files Plugin Notepad++.jpg.webp)
Once you install this plugin, you need to make sure that you open such large files by going to Menu: Plugin > HugeFiles > Choose File, or by keyboard shortcut Alt + Shift + F
![Read Huge File in Chunk - Notepad++.jpg. Read Huge File in Chunk - Notepad++.jpg.](https://code2care.org/howto/read-huge-text-files-in-notepad-plus-plus-csv-json-xml/images/Read Huge File in Chunk - Notepad++.jpg.webp)
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