diff --git a/litellm/proxy/config_resolvers/settings_store.py b/litellm/proxy/config_resolvers/settings_store.py
index 079d262319f..a3d5da4b343 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/config_resolvers/settings_store.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/config_resolvers/settings_store.py
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ class SettingsStore(MutableMapping[str, JsonValue]):
     def __len__(self) -> int:
         return sum(1 for _ in self)
 
+    def clear(self) -> None:
+        self._runtime_values = _EMPTY_VALUES
+        self._deleted_runtime_keys = frozenset(key for key in self._keys() if not self.owned_by_config(key))
+
     def _clear_runtime(self) -> None:
         self._runtime_values = _EMPTY_VALUES
         self._deleted_runtime_keys = frozenset()
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/config_resolvers/test_settings_store.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/config_resolvers/test_settings_store.py
index aa410deac43..0b472938b74 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/config_resolvers/test_settings_store.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/config_resolvers/test_settings_store.py
@@ -168,6 +168,22 @@ def test_settings_store_refuses_a_runtime_write_to_a_config_owned_key() -> None:
     assert store.source("max_parallel_requests") == "config"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.timeout(10)
+def test_settings_store_clear_terminates_and_keeps_config_owned_keys() -> None:
+    store: Final = SettingsStore("general_settings")
+    store.load_yaml({"max_parallel_requests": 3})
+    store.apply_db_row("general_settings", {"max_file_size_mb": 9})
+    store["ui_access_mode"] = "admin_only"
+    before: Final = dict(store)
+
+    store.clear()
+    cleared: Final = dict(store)
+    store.update(before)
+
+    assert cleared == {"max_parallel_requests": 3}
+    assert dict(store) == before
+
+
 def test_settings_store_reports_the_config_owned_keys_a_write_would_change() -> None:
     store: Final = SettingsStore("general_settings")
     store.load_yaml({"max_parallel_requests": 3, "ui_access_mode": "admin_only"})