# Clean up after calling Estimator

**URL:** <https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/clean-up-after-calling-estimator/128847>\
**Category:** Amazon SageMaker\
**Created:** [December 2, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/clean-up-after-calling-estimator/128847 "2024-12-02T13:29:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/clean-up-after-calling-estimator/128847/1 "2024-12-02T13:29:17Z")

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I am using the huggingface estimator to train my model and use managed spot instance. I notice that the checkpoints persist after starting the whole training process from scratch.

How do I manage this checkpoint data folder in the instance? Or more simply how can I remove the checkpoints when I restart the instance or do I delete the whole endpoint/instance where the model is trained and how do I do this?