Source: https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/models/model-storage-and-deleting-models/

# Model Storage & Deleting Models

Sogni Studio downloads on-device model packs to disk and keeps them across sessions. Manage where they live and which ones stick around from this page.

## [#](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/models/model-storage-and-deleting-models/#where-models-are-stored)Where models are stored

By default, models live in an `sd-models` folder inside Sogni Studio's sandboxed Application Support container. The exact path is opaque (it's inside the sandbox), but you don't need to know it — the **Model Explorer's folder icon** (next to the search field while viewing **All Models**) opens Finder straight to that folder.

![The folder button in Sogni Studio's Model Explorer](https://docs.sogni.ai/assets/remote/bf1d59407f7a-spaces-2FjGm8Y44m4zCkKjnnr9Na-2Fuploads-2FpsJbXq.jpg)

You can also right-click any model in the Model Explorer and choose **Show in Finder**.

## [#](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/models/model-storage-and-deleting-models/#show-a-specific-model-in-finder)Show a specific model in Finder

Right-click a model in the Model Explorer and choose **Show in Finder**. The same right-click menu has **Delete** for removing a model immediately.

![Show in Finder and Delete options in the model context menu](https://docs.sogni.ai/assets/remote/75773838e67e-spaces-2FjGm8Y44m4zCkKjnnr9Na-2Fuploads-2FaUNS6a.jpg)

## [#](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/models/model-storage-and-deleting-models/#move-the-library-to-another-drive)Move the library to another drive

If your boot drive is filling up — Flux and SDXL model packs are multi-gigabyte — point Sogni at an external or secondary drive:

1.  Open **Sogni → Settings → Storage**.
2.  Use the **sd-models** folder picker to choose your new location.
3.  Studio moves existing downloads to the new path; subsequent downloads land there too.

![Model, ControlNet, and Gallery locations in Sogni Studio Settings](https://docs.sogni.ai/assets/remote/147c3024d4f7-spaces-2FjGm8Y44m4zCkKjnnr9Na-2Fuploads-2FOYHUMs.png)

The same Storage tab also lets you relocate the **ControlNet** model folder and the **Gallery** folder. Keeping models on an external SSD is the typical setup for serious local generation work.

## [#](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/models/model-storage-and-deleting-models/#background-queue-storage-cap)Background queue storage cap

The background queue has a configurable maximum folder size (default **30 GB**). This caps how much intermediate / queued job data Studio keeps on disk before it starts evicting completed-and-saved results. Adjust the slider in **Settings → Storage**.

## [#](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/models/model-storage-and-deleting-models/#deleting-models)Deleting models

Three ways to remove a model:

-   **Model Explorer right-click → Delete.** Removes immediately from the local library.
-   **Finder.** Open the `sd-models` folder via the folder icon, drag a model folder to Trash.
-   **Auto-cleanup.** If a download was interrupted, Studio surfaces an "incomplete" badge — right-click → Delete to clean it up before redownloading.

Deleting an on-device model never affects Supernet rendering of the same model; that runs on Sogni workers, not your disk.

## [#](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/models/model-storage-and-deleting-models/#controlnet-models)ControlNet models

ControlNet weights are stored in their own folder alongside `sd-models`. The same **Settings → Storage** tab lets you relocate them. ControlNet models only need to live on disk when you're rendering on-device — Supernet jobs use the network's copy.

## [#](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/models/model-storage-and-deleting-models/#see-also)See also

[About Switching Models on Supernet— no downloads required when you render on Supernet.](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/models/about-switching-models-on-supernet/)[Importing Stable Diffusion Models— add your own to the library.](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/models/importing-stable-diffusion-models/)[On-Device— when models actually need to be on disk.](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/advanced/processing/on-device/)