{"id":14644,"date":"2025-08-29T07:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/?p=14644"},"modified":"2026-06-03T02:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:31:33","slug":"split-xml-into-multiple-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/datafilesplitter\/split-xml-into-multiple-files.html","title":{"rendered":"Split large XML file into multiple files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to split large XML file into multiple files by object count without programming?<\/p>\n<p>Try Withdata <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/data-file-splitter\/\">Data File Splitter<\/a>, a desktop XML splitter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Split big XML file into multiple files, Easy and Fast.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can run in <span id=\"gui\">GUI<\/span> mode, <a href=\"#split\">Step by Step<\/a>, just a few mouse clicks.<\/li>\n<li>Can run in <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"\/tools\/split-file\/split-xml-file-cmd\" target=\"_blank\">Command line<\/a>, for <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"\/tools\/split-file\/split-xml-file-task\" target=\"_blank\">Scheduled Tasks<\/a> and Streams.<\/li>\n<li>Split XML file locally, Avoid uploading LARGE XML file(s) to online services.<\/li>\n<li>Support <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"\/tools\/split-file\/split-xml-file-windows\" target=\"_blank\">Windows<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"\/tools\/split-file\/split-xml-file-linux\" target=\"_blank\">Linux<\/a>, and <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"\/tools\/split-file\/split-xml-file-macos\" target=\"_blank\">macOS<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#download-top\" onclick=\"dtv.style.display = 'block';\">Download Withdata DataFileSplitter<\/a> <a href=\"#download-top\" onclick=\"dtv.style.display = 'block';\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/download_3.jpg\" alt=\"Download DataFileSplitter\" width=\"80\" height=\"22\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a> <span id=\"dtv\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileSplitter&amp;ver=win64\">Windows 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileSplitter&amp;ver=win32\">Windows 32 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileSplitter&amp;ver=deb\">Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileSplitter&amp;ver=rpm\">Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileSplitter&amp;ver=pkg\">MacOS 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"split\">Split large XML file into multiple files<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"#source\">Choose source XML file<\/a> -&gt; <a href=\"#options\">Set splitting XML options<\/a> -&gt; <a href=\"#split\">Split XML<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click &#8220;New Task&#8221; at &#8220;Start&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafilesplitter\/new-task.png\" alt=\"Split big XML file into multiple files - new task\" width=\"810\" height=\"616\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Choose &#8220;XML&#8221; file type.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafilesplitter\/select-file-type-xml.png\" alt=\"Split big XML file into multiple files - select file type\" width=\"596\" height=\"236\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"source\">1. Open XML file as source.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafilesplitter\/source-file-xml.png\" alt=\"Split big XML file into multiple files - open source XML file\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The XML file like this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafilesplitter\/view-source-xml.png\" alt=\"Split big XML file into multiple files - view the source xml file\" width=\"587\" height=\"441\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"options\">2. Config XML file splitting options, split by object count.<\/h3>\n<p>If you want to split by column value, see this: <a href=\"split-xml-by-column-value.html\">Split XML by column value<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafilesplitter\/config-split-xml-object-count.png\" alt=\"Break big XML file into multiple files - config splitting options\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"summary\">3. Summary.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafilesplitter\/split-xml-to-xml-object-count-summary.png\" alt=\"Break big XML file into multiple files - summary\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"split\">4. Split XML file into multiple files.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafilesplitter\/split-xml.png\" alt=\"Split big XML file into multiple files - split\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View a result XML file.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafilesplitter\/view-result-xml-to-xml-object-count.png\" alt=\"Split big XML file into multiple files - view a result xml file\" width=\"558\" height=\"441\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<p>More about <a href=\"\/tools\/split-file\/split-xml-file\">XML Splitter<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"download-bottom\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<p>Download Withdata DataFileSplitter<a href=\"#download-bottom\" onclick=\"dbv.style.display = 'block';\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/btn_download_green.png\" alt=\"Download DataFileSplitter\" width=\"165\" height=\"50\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a> <span id=\"dbv\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileSplitter&amp;ver=win64\">Windows 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileSplitter&amp;ver=win32\">Windows 32 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileSplitter&amp;ver=deb\">Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileSplitter&amp;ver=rpm\">Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileSplitter&amp;ver=pkg\">MacOS 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/videos\/data-file-splitter\/split-xml-to-xml-by-object-count\">Video: Split big XML file into smaller XML files by record count without coding<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to split large XML file into multiple files by object count without programming? 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