From cecf83141e3813ad7e268521e6a95efce61cb146 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce MacDonald <brucewmacdonald@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 14:07:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Linux uninstall instructions (#894)

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 docs/linux.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/linux.md b/docs/linux.md
index 406fdae7..2433b582 100644
--- a/docs/linux.md
+++ b/docs/linux.md
@@ -80,3 +80,23 @@ To view logs of Ollama running as a startup service, run:
 ```bash
 journalctl -u ollama
 ```
+
+## Uninstall
+
+Remove the ollama service:
+```bash
+systemctl stop ollama
+systemctl disable ollama
+rm /etc/systemd/system/ollama.service
+```
+
+Remove the ollama binary from your bin directory (either `/usr/local/bin`, `/usr/bin`, or `/bin`):
+```bash
+rm /usr/local/bin/ollama
+```
+
+Remove the downloaded models and Ollama service user:
+```bash
+rm /usr/share/ollama
+userdel ollama
+```