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[GH-ISSUE #11764] deleting incomplete downloads #69853

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opened 2026-05-04 19:33:52 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
GiteaMirror commented 2026-05-04 19:33:52 -05:00
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Originally created by @pamdla on GitHub (Aug 7, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/11764

In some case, one used ollama pull ModelName, especially this model is huge and occupying a huge disk space.

One may found this model is not the right one, or with any other reasons like ctrl+c, so that the pulling is terminated.

Then it comes to a question: how to delete this incomplete downloads, without continue pulling?

Originally created by @pamdla on GitHub (Aug 7, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/11764 In some case, one used `ollama pull ModelName`, especially this model is huge and occupying a huge disk space. One may found this model is not the right one, or with any other reasons like ctrl+c, so that the pulling is terminated. Then it comes to a question: how to delete this incomplete downloads, without continue pulling?
GiteaMirror added the feature request label 2026-05-04 19:33:52 -05:00
GiteaMirror commented 2026-05-04 19:33:54 -05:00
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@rick-github commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2025):

Restart the ollama server.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3162388928 --> @rick-github commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2025): Restart the ollama server.
GiteaMirror commented 2026-05-04 19:33:55 -05:00
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@jmorganca commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2025):

As @rick-github mentioned restarting Ollama will clean up any old data. It's kept around in case you resume downloading. Sorry this isn't easier yet!

<!-- gh-comment-id:3162818425 --> @jmorganca commented on GitHub (Aug 7, 2025): As @rick-github mentioned restarting Ollama will clean up any old data. It's kept around in case you resume downloading. Sorry this isn't easier yet!
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