The Problem of Local AI Chatbot aka LLM (2025-08)

The Problem of Local AI Chatbot Aka LLM

• Uninstalled ollama.
• Reason: when you have a local ai chatbot aka LLM, unless you have a ten thousand dollar machine, the performance is significantly worse than using the web.
• The advantage of local ai bot is that you may ask sensitive questions sans other knowing.
• So this means, either you buy a ten thousand dollar computer, or, you just use web version, and don't ask too sensitive questions.

Ollama Help

# show commands
ollama help

Large language model runner

Usage:
  ollama [flags]
  ollama [command]

Available Commands:
  serve       Start ollama
  create      Create a model from a Modelfile
  show        Show information for a model
  run         Run a model
  stop        Stop a running model
  pull        Pull a model from a registry
  push        Push a model to a registry
  list        List models
  ps          List running models
  cp          Copy a model
  rm          Remove a model
  help        Help about any command

Flags:
  -h, --help      help for ollama
  -v, --version   Show version information

Use "ollama [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Uninstall Ollama

Remove the installed models

# show ollama location
Get-Command ollama
# C:\Users\xah\AppData\Local\Programs\Ollama\

# list installed models
ollama list
# NAME              ID              SIZE      MODIFIED
# deepseek-r1:8b    28f8fd6cdc67    4.9 GB    3 months ago

# delete model
ollama rm deepseek-r1:8b

Remove ollama

to uninstall on windows, goto Microsoft Windows system settings, apps

Model Location

models are located at

~/.ollama/

ollama location

c:/Users/xah/AppData/Local/Programs/Ollama:
  drwxrwxrwx  1 xah None     4096 04-24 14:19 ..
  drwxrwxrwx  1 xah None     4096 04-24 14:22 .
  drwxrwxrwx  1 xah None        0 04-24 14:19 lib
  -rw-rw-rw-  1 xah None     7502 04-19 06:09 app.ico
  -rwxrwxrwx  1 xah None  7046080 04-19 06:12 ollama app.exe
  -rwxrwxrwx  1 xah None 31073216 04-19 06:12 ollama.exe
  -rw-rw-rw-  1 xah None    11815 04-19 06:11 ollama_welcome.ps1
  -rw-rw-rw-  1 xah None   232399 04-24 14:22 unins000.dat
  -rwxrwxrwx  1 xah None  3446712 04-24 14:18 unins000.exe
  -rw-rw-rw-  1 xah None    24381 04-24 14:22 unins000.msg

ollama size