Top 10+ MKV Cutter Software for Windows and Mac – Free & Paid

Obviously, you need a video cutter that can cut MKV videos into small clips. Compared with MP4, MKV is not such a popular video format. You need to check whether this video cutter can process MKV files. Instead of spending time on testing, you can use a MKV cutter to cut and trim MKV videos. You can delete unwanted MKV video clips, reduce MKV video size, extract important video clip and more. There are so many video cutter and trimmer software in the market. Which one can be your best MKV cutter? You can find the answer from the following paragraphs.

Part 1: Best MKV Cutter and Joiner for Beginners

In many cases, you still need to edit MKV videos after trimming. Thus, it would be better if you can find a video editor with multiple editing features. It is AnyMP4 Video Convert Ultimate that allows users to edit MKV videos in many aspects. Instead of splitting MKV videos, you can merge, crop, rotate, flip, convert and adjust other details. It is a piece of cake to cut MKV files or merge multiple video clips into a new file. Whatever, here're the main features of the MKV cutter software.

• 1. Cut 4K UHD/1080p HD video into parts in MKV and other popular video formats.
• 2. Rearrange and merge different video clips in custom sequence.
• 3. Edit, compress and convert MKV videos with 70x faster speed.
• 4. Change the metadata of your MKV video.
• 5. Export the trimmed MKV video with multiple profile templates.

Part 2: Top 10 Free MKV Cutters

There are many online and offline MKV cutters in the market. This article prefers to recommend desktop MKV video cutters. You will not be restricted by the file size limit, Internet speed and other items. Just read and choose your best free MKV cutter here.

Free MKV Cutter	Pros	Cons
SolveigMM AVI Trimmer + MKV	• Cut out videos in MKV and AVI formats for free. • Maintain the original MKV quality after trimming.	• The user interface is kind of outdated. • The MKV cutter is heavy to run on low-end computers.
VSDC Free Video Editor	• Cut, edit and retouch MKV videos for free on Windows. • Wide selections of video effects.	• It takes time to export your MKV video. • VSDC Free Video Editor interface is overwhelming to beginners.
Avidemux	• Avidemux is not only a free MKV cutter, but also a video joiner. • Use scripts to automate your tasks.	• Avidemux crashes very often. • No keyboard shortcuts.
Free Video Cutter Joiner	• Separate and join videos in MKV and other video formats. • Easy to understand interface.	• No extra video editing tools. • The window size cannot be changed.
iMovie	• iMovie is a free MKV video editor and cutter for Mac. • multiple advanced editing tools, effects and presets.	• iMovie is not easy to use. • Need to update macOS to the latest version to run iMovie.
Freemake Video Converter	• Cut, merge and rotate your MKV video file. • Convert MKV to MP4, AVI, WMV and other formats.	• The final video rendering is long. • The free MKV cutter Windows software crashes occasionally.
VideoPad	• VideoPad is a free MKV cutter for Mac and iPad users. • Cut and delete any selected portion in your MKV video.	• Need to upgrade to the full verison to access all features. • Starters may find VideoPad hard to use.
Cute Video Cutter	• The MKV video cutter free can split MKV into small clips. • Retain the best video quality.	• Cute Video Cutter is a MKV cutter for Windows only. • No other basic video editing tools.
OpenShot	• OpenShot is an open source MKV cutter for Mac, Windows and Linux. • Add transitions and effects to your MKV video.	• OpenShot gets frozen-up occasionally. • The video rendering speed is slow.
Kdenlive	• The open source video editor can be used for MKV video trimming and further editing. • Integrate with a built-in audio editor.	• Kdenlive video editor is not stable to use. • Some video editing tools repeats.

Part 3: FAQs of MKV Cutters

All in all, you can get your best MKV cutter from the above recommendations. Both free and paid video cutters are good to use. Just feel free to choose any one to shorten the video length.