Unload a model

POST

http://localhost:11434/api/generate

If an empty prompt is provided and the keep_alive parameter is set to 0, a model will be unloaded from memory.

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:11434/api/generate' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw ''

Response Example

{
  "model": "llama3.2",
  "created_at": "2024-09-12T03:54:03.516566Z",
  "response": "",
  "done": true,
  "done_reason": "unload"
}

Request

Body Params application/json

model

enum<string>

required

Allowed value:

llama3.2

Example:

llama3.2

keep_alive

integer

required

>= 0

Examples

🟢200Success

application/json

A single JSON object is returned:

Body

model

string

required

created_at

string

required

response

string

required

done

boolean

required

done_reason

string

required

Modified at 2025-03-27 10:09:04