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[GH-ISSUE #2309] Where are the models located in the filesystem? #27093

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opened 2026-04-22 04:03:24 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 1 comment
GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-22 04:03:24 -05:00
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Originally created by @LightningRhino on GitHub (Feb 1, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/2309

On my Mac I want to exclude the models from my time machine backup.
So where are the models located at?
It looks like ollama uses some kind of docker technique for this.
Cant' believe this is undocumented.

Originally created by @LightningRhino on GitHub (Feb 1, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/2309 On my Mac I want to exclude the models from my time machine backup. So where are the models located at? It looks like ollama uses some kind of docker technique for this. Cant' believe this is undocumented.
GiteaMirror commented 2026-04-22 04:03:26 -05:00
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@LightningRhino commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2024):

Ok, found it.
It's a hidden directory.
~/.ollama

<!-- gh-comment-id:1921163426 --> @LightningRhino commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2024): Ok, found it. It's a hidden directory. ~/.ollama
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