[GH-ISSUE #3728] ollama prune #79972

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2026-05-09T07:29:36-05:00

GiteaMirror commented

2026-05-09 07:29:36 -05:00

Originally created by @Tobiadefami on GitHub (Apr 18, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/3728

I think ollama needs a prune command, something similar to docker system prune. Just to keep the environment tidy

Originally created by @Tobiadefami on GitHub (Apr 18, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/3728 I think ollama needs a prune command, something similar to `docker system prune`. Just to keep the environment tidy

GiteaMirror added the feature request label 2026-05-09 07:29:36 -05:00

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2026-05-09 07:29:37 -05:00

GiteaMirror commented

2026-05-09 07:29:38 -05:00

@ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 18, 2024):

I think that this functionality is already enabled by default. To disable you can set OLLAMA_NOPRUNE. See:

https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/8645076a71941d78a996e52cff65c794df6cdbcb/server/images.go#L626-L630
https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/8645076a71941d78a996e52cff65c794df6cdbcb/server/images.go#L736-L860
https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/8645076a71941d78a996e52cff65c794df6cdbcb/server/routes.go#L1124-L1138

@ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 18, 2024): I think that this functionality is already enabled by default. To disable you can set `OLLAMA_NOPRUNE`. See: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/8645076a71941d78a996e52cff65c794df6cdbcb/server/images.go#L626-L630 https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/8645076a71941d78a996e52cff65c794df6cdbcb/server/images.go#L736-L860 https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/8645076a71941d78a996e52cff65c794df6cdbcb/server/routes.go#L1124-L1138

GiteaMirror commented

2026-05-09 07:29:39 -05:00

@Tobiadefami commented on GitHub (Apr 18, 2024):

Oh great! thanks for the shout

@Tobiadefami commented on GitHub (Apr 18, 2024): Oh great! thanks for the shout

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