5 best free CSV splitting tools, CSV file splitting software

This article will introduce to you 5 tools and software to split CSV files for free. They are useful when you have some large CSV files that cannot be opened or fully loaded because the maximum number of columns and rows have been reached in Microsoft Excel or other CSV file readers.

CSV file splitting tools and software will help you split CSV files to be opened by any compatible tool.

1. Split CSV

Split CSV is a free online tool. This tool allows you to split the CSV file based on the maximum number of files in the output, the maximum size of the output file, and the maximum number of lines. You can also preview the input CSV file before ripping. It is not clear if Split CSV has a maximum size limit of input files, but initial testing showed that the tool can easily split files larger than 110MB.

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To split CSV files, you need to visit the home page of Split CSV and then perform the following steps:

1. Upload CSV files from your computer or from your Google Drive account
2. Next, you can set the number of header rows and choose which option to split the CSV file among options such as output file number, line number, file size.
3. Set the columns to be omitted or added then confirm the setting
4. Enter your email address then click the Split button

You can either wait for the split file to finish or open an email to get the link to download the split files. Split CSV is very stable and usually only takes a few seconds to process.

Access: Split CSV here

2. TEXT File Splitter

TEXT File Splitter is a free online tool that can be used to split large text, log, CSV . files. This tool allows you to split CSV files up to 300MB into smaller files. You can choose to split files by number of characters or line number.

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You need to access TEXT File Splitter then click Load File button to add CSV file from your computer. Next, enter a number in the appropriate box to declare the number of output files. Press the Split button! let the file splitting process begin. Once done, you can download the zip file containing the output files.

Visit the page here: TEXT File Splitter here

3. LargeFlieSplitter

LargeFlieSplitter is an easy-to-use CSV and log file (TXT) splitter. Another advantage is that the separation is very fast. Within seconds the large CSV file has been split into smaller files.

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This tool is available on GitHub, and you can download it for free. Once downloaded and opened you will see a command-line interface. You need to do the following two steps to split the CSV file:

1. Drag and drop the file into the LargeFlieSplitter interface window then press Enter
2. Enter the number of output files you want (5, 10 or 15 .) and press Enter

The splitting process will be performed immediately and the output CSV files will be stored at the same location as the input CSV file.

Visit the GitHub link to download LargeFlieSplitter here

4. CSV Splitter

CSV Splitter has a fairly simple interface. It allows you to split CSV files by rows. You can specify the number of rows of output files and the tool will do just what you want. CSV Splitter can also set the first row of the output file to the header column. You can also set headers for all output CSV files.

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You can click on the link below then scroll down to find and download the open source CSV Splitter tool. After downloading, you need to extract and run the CSVSplitter.exe file. In the tool's interface, you need to provide the path to the CSV file to be extracted and enter the options you want. After the ripping process, you will get the output CSV files in the directory of your choice.

Download CSV Splitter here.

5. CSV Splitter

Despite having the same name as the one above, this tool has a different interface. This 2nd CSV Splitter tool allows you to split CSV file by section or by number of rows. For example, if you have a 100MB CSV file, you can choose to split it into 5 sections with 20MB each. Or else you can split the CSV file by row number by entering the row number of each output file.

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You can download the portable EXE file of CSV Splitter at the link below. Next, open the tool and provide the path to the CSV file to split and enter the split option you want. Finally, name the output CSV file and hit the Convert button. The output CSV file will be stored in a subdirectory in the directory containing the original CSV file.

Download CSV Splitter here.

Hopefully this article on CSV file splitting tools will be helpful to you. Good luck!

Kareem Winters

Update 01 January 2021