Limit Upload Download Speeds in Rclone

Sometimes, we may want to limit/throttle download/upload speeds in Rclone, and that's where --bwlimit flag comes into play!

Usage

This will restrict speeds for both downloads and uploads to 10 MB/s, for more granular control for download/upload speeds individually, we can specify the speeds in upload:download format.

$ rclone copy my-bucket:my-important . --bwlimit 10M

Here, the upload & download speeds are restricted to 10 MB/s & 20 MB/s respectively.

$ rclone copy my-bucket:my-important . --bwlimit 10M:20M

Here, the upload speed is restricted to 10 MB/s, while there's no restriction on download speeds; unlimited speed! 🚀🚀🚀

$ rclone copy my-bucket:my-important . --bwlimit 10M:off

Reference: Rclone Docs