Tutorial on How to Delete Local Ollama Large Language Models on Windows

In this tutorial, we explain how to completely delete local Ollama Large Language Models (LLMs) on Windows. The YouTube tutorial is given below.

How to Completely and Correctly Delete Ollama Models

First of all, you need to list all models installed on your system. To do that, type

ollama list

You should see the list of models.

To erase a particular model, you need to use this syntax:

ollama rm <model name>

In our case, if we want to erase the model called llama3.2:latest, we need to type this

ollama rm llama3.2:latest

The output should look like this.

This means that the model is erased. To confirm that the model is erased, type again

ollama list

The output is shown below.

This means that the model is erased completely.

Next, it important to learn where the Ollama models are stored on the local disk. To do that, open the windows explorer, and go to the following address:

C:\Users\<user name>\.ollama

In our case, the path is

C:\Users\aleks\.ollama

This folder has the folder called models. This is the folder that stores Ollama configuration files and Ollama model files. This folder has two folders: blobs and manifests which store the Ollama model files.