diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 09833b69..8d9b5b8a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # tune (development version)
 
+* The warning threshold when check the size of a workflow is now a parameter to the control functions and has a new default of 100MB. (#914)
+
 # tune 2.0.1
 
 * Fixed a bug where `int_pctl()` wouldn't work on `last_fit()` outcomes when future parallelism was enabled. (#1099) 
diff --git a/R/control.R b/R/control.R
index 388ed88f..264f92d5 100644
--- a/R/control.R
+++ b/R/control.R
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ control_grid <- function(
   save_workflow = FALSE,
   event_level = "first",
   parallel_over = NULL,
-  backend_options = NULL
+  backend_options = NULL,
+  workflow_size = 100.0
 ) {
   # Any added arguments should also be added in superset control functions
   # in other packages
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ control_grid <- function(
   check_string(event_level)
   check_character(pkgs, allow_null = TRUE)
   check_function(extract, allow_null = TRUE)
+  check_number_decimal(workflow_size)
 
   val_parallel_over(parallel_over, "control_grid()")
 
@@ -62,7 +64,8 @@ control_grid <- function(
     save_workflow = save_workflow,
     event_level = event_level,
     parallel_over = parallel_over,
-    backend_options = backend_options
+    backend_options = backend_options,
+    workflow_size = workflow_size
   )
 
   class(res) <- c("control_grid", "control_resamples")
@@ -200,6 +203,9 @@ print.control_last_fit <- function(x, ...) {
 #'   backend. Defaults to `NULL` for default backend options.
 #' @param allow_par A logical to allow parallel processing (if a parallel
 #'   backend is registered).
+#' @param workflow_size A non-negative number (in MB) that is used as a
+#' threshold for a warning regarding the size of the workflow. Only used when
+#' `save_workflow = TRUE`.
 #'
 #' @inheritSection collect_predictions Hyperparameters and extracted objects
 #'
@@ -240,7 +246,8 @@ control_bayes <-
     event_level = "first",
     parallel_over = NULL,
     backend_options = NULL,
-    allow_par = TRUE
+    allow_par = TRUE,
+    workflow_size = 100.0
   ) {
     # Any added arguments should also be added in superset control functions
     # in other packages
@@ -257,6 +264,7 @@ control_bayes <-
     check_number_whole(no_improve, min = 0, allow_infinite = TRUE)
     check_number_whole(uncertain, min = 0, allow_infinite = TRUE)
     check_number_whole(seed)
+    check_number_decimal(workflow_size)
 
     check_time_limit_arg(time_limit)
 
@@ -285,7 +293,8 @@ control_bayes <-
         save_gp_scoring = save_gp_scoring,
         event_level = event_level,
         parallel_over = parallel_over,
-        backend_options = backend_options
+        backend_options = backend_options,
+        workflow_size = workflow_size
       )
 
     class(res) <- "control_bayes"
diff --git a/R/tune_grid.R b/R/tune_grid.R
index 5080c5a9..4e6f49f9 100644
--- a/R/tune_grid.R
+++ b/R/tune_grid.R
@@ -436,16 +436,19 @@ pull_rset_attributes <- function(x) {
 
 set_workflow <- function(workflow, control) {
   if (control$save_workflow) {
-    if (!is.null(workflow$pre$actions$recipe)) {
-      w_size <- utils::object.size(workflow$pre$actions$recipe)
-      # make 5MB cutoff
-      if (w_size / 1024^2 > 5) {
+    if (!is.null(workflow)) {
+      w_size <- utils::object.size(workflow)
+      if (w_size / 1024^2 > control$workflow_size) {
+        rounded <- round(w_size / 1024^2, 1)
         msg <-
-          paste0(
-            "The workflow being saved contains a recipe, which is ",
-            format(w_size, units = "Mb", digits = 2),
-            " in memory. If this was not intentional, please set the control ",
-            "setting `save_workflow = FALSE`."
+          cli::format_inline(
+            "The workflow being saved is large ({rounded} MB). If this
+            was not intentional, please set the control setting
+            {.arg save_workflow} to be {.code FALSE} or change the threshold
+            for this warning (currently {control$workflow_size} MB) with the
+            {.arg workflow_size} argument.",
+            keep_whitespace = FALSE,
+            collapse = FALSE
           )
         cols <- get_tune_colors()
         msg <- strwrap(
diff --git a/man/control_bayes.Rd b/man/control_bayes.Rd
index 9fdce80d..66f006a7 100644
--- a/man/control_bayes.Rd
+++ b/man/control_bayes.Rd
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ control_bayes(
   event_level = "first",
   parallel_over = NULL,
   backend_options = NULL,
-  allow_par = TRUE
+  allow_par = TRUE,
+  workflow_size = 100
 )
 }
 \arguments{
@@ -115,6 +116,10 @@ backend. Defaults to \code{NULL} for default backend options.}
 
 \item{allow_par}{A logical to allow parallel processing (if a parallel
 backend is registered).}
+
+\item{workflow_size}{A non-negative number (in MB) that is used as a
+threshold for a warning regarding the size of the workflow. Only used when
+\code{save_workflow = TRUE}.}
 }
 \description{
 Control aspects of the Bayesian search process
diff --git a/man/control_grid.Rd b/man/control_grid.Rd
index c800898a..b32538a0 100644
--- a/man/control_grid.Rd
+++ b/man/control_grid.Rd
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ control_grid(
   save_workflow = FALSE,
   event_level = "first",
   parallel_over = NULL,
-  backend_options = NULL
+  backend_options = NULL,
+  workflow_size = 100
 )
 
 control_resamples(
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ control_resamples(
   save_workflow = FALSE,
   event_level = "first",
   parallel_over = NULL,
-  backend_options = NULL
+  backend_options = NULL,
+  workflow_size = 100
 )
 
 new_backend_options(..., class = character())
@@ -88,6 +90,10 @@ reproducible between runs.}
 \item{backend_options}{An object of class \code{"tune_backend_options"} as created
 by \code{tune::new_backend_options()}, used to pass arguments to specific tuning
 backend. Defaults to \code{NULL} for default backend options.}
+
+\item{workflow_size}{A non-negative number (in MB) that is used as a
+threshold for a warning regarding the size of the workflow. Only used when
+\code{save_workflow = TRUE}.}
 }
 \description{
 Control aspects of the grid search process
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/control.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/control.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e747970c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/control.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# workflow size warning
+
+    Code
+      set.seed(1)
+      warns <- fit_resamples(lm_wflow, resamples = vfold_cv(MTCARS), control = control_resamples(save_workflow = TRUE, workflow_size = 2))
+    Message
+      i The workflow being saved is large (2.7 MB). If this was not intentional,
+      please set the control setting `save_workflow` to be `FALSE` or change the
+      threshold for this warning (currently 2 MB) with the `workflow_size` argument.
+
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-control.R b/tests/testthat/test-control.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f7f48f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-control.R
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+test_that("workflow size warning", {
+  withr::local_options(width = 500)
+
+  # A larger data set to trip the warning
+  MTCARS <- mtcars[rep(1:32, each = 1000), ]
+
+  lm_rec <- recipe(mpg ~ ., data = MTCARS)
+  lm_wflow <- workflow(lm_rec, linear_reg() |> set_engine("lm", x = TRUE))
+  # About 2.7MB when fit
+
+  expect_silent({
+    set.seed(1)
+    no_warning <-
+      lm_wflow |>
+      fit_resamples(
+        resamples = vfold_cv(MTCARS),
+        control = control_resamples(save_workflow = TRUE, workflow_size = Inf)
+      )
+  })
+
+  expect_snapshot({
+    set.seed(1)
+    warns <-
+      lm_wflow |>
+      fit_resamples(
+        resamples = vfold_cv(MTCARS),
+        control = control_resamples(save_workflow = TRUE, workflow_size = 2)
+      )
+  })
+
+  expect_silent({
+    set.seed(1)
+    no_save <-
+      lm_wflow |>
+      fit_resamples(
+        resamples = vfold_cv(MTCARS),
+        control = control_resamples(save_workflow = FALSE, workflow_size = 2)
+      )
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-grid.R b/tests/testthat/test-grid.R
index 6df7fe06..19f64495 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-grid.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-grid.R
@@ -786,20 +786,4 @@ test_that("retain extra attributes", {
   )
   expect_null(attr(res, "workflow"))
   expect_true(inherits(attr(res2, "workflow"), "workflow"))
-
-  wflow2 <- workflow() |>
-    add_recipe(recipes::recipe(mpg ~ ., mtcars[rep(1:32, 3000), ])) |>
-    add_model(helper_objects$svm_mod)
-  pset2 <- extract_parameter_set_dials(wflow2)
-  grid2 <- dials::grid_regular(pset2, levels = 3)
-
-  expect_message(
-    tune_grid(
-      wflow2,
-      resamples = folds,
-      grid = grid2,
-      control = control_grid(save_workflow = TRUE)
-    ),
-    "being saved contains a recipe, which is"
-  )
 })
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-resample.R b/tests/testthat/test-resample.R
index 231f0fe5..6ebd3e74 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-resample.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-resample.R
@@ -484,15 +484,6 @@ test_that("retain extra attributes", {
     )
   expect_null(attr(res, "workflow"))
   expect_true(inherits(attr(res2, "workflow"), "workflow"))
-
-  expect_snapshot(
-    fit_resamples(
-      lin_mod,
-      recipes::recipe(mpg ~ ., mtcars[rep(1:32, 3000), ]),
-      folds,
-      control = control_resamples(save_workflow = TRUE)
-    )
-  )
 })