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Sitemap Splitter

Paste a large sitemap or URL list and split it into 500-URL chunks plus a sitemap index, matching Google's recommended per-file limit.

How to Use Sitemap Splitter
  1. 1Paste your sitemap XML or a list of URLs (one per line)
  2. 2Click Generate
  3. 3Copy each chunk's XML into its own sitemap-N.xml file
  4. 4Upload all chunk files plus the generated sitemap index, editing the placeholder domain first
Frequently Asked Questions

Either raw sitemap XML (it extracts each <loc> value) or a plain list of URLs, one per line.

That's a conservative, safe number well under Google's 50,000-URL/50MB-per-file limit, keeping each generated file small and easy to manage.

Yes — the sitemap index uses placeholder filenames like https://example.com/sitemap-1.xml. Replace example.com with your real domain before uploading.

The tool shows sample XML for up to the first 3 chunks and tells you the total chunk count if you have more, plus a sitemap index referencing every chunk.

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