# Unload a model

Unload a loaded model from memory

`POST /api/v1/models/unload`

**Request body**

instance_id : string

Unique identifier of the model instance to unload.

**Example Request**

```
curl http://localhost:1234/api/v1/models/unload \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LM_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "instance_id": "openai/gpt-oss-20b"
  }'
```

**Response fields**

instance_id : string

Unique identifier for the unloaded model instance.

**Response**

```
{
  "instance_id": "openai/gpt-oss-20b"
}
```