How Deep Are Filing Cabinets

The typical office vertical file cabinet is 28½ inches deep and the drawer holds 27 inches of files. Shallower cabinets are also made: 26½-inch deep cabinets with 25″ drawer depth, 25″ deep cabinets with 23½-inch drawers.

How deep should a file drawer be?

Standard File Drawers (bars towards front) min depth for letter: 14 5/16 for 5/8″ thick, min depth for legal 17 1/4 for 5/8″ thick.

How are filing cabinets measured?

Multiply the drawer volume by the number of drawers to obtain the total capacity of the filing cabinet. For example, if your filing cabinet has three drawers, the total capacity is 5,760 cubic inches because 1,920 x 3 = 5,760.