diff --git a/docs/content/3.plugins/2.axios/1.guide/2.configuration.md b/docs/content/3.plugins/2.axios/1.guide/2.configuration.md
index 7ddb4c092..020e00bb2 100644
--- a/docs/content/3.plugins/2.axios/1.guide/2.configuration.md
+++ b/docs/content/3.plugins/2.axios/1.guide/2.configuration.md
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ In addition to [axios request options](https://github.com/axios/axios#request-co
   You can set this option to any one of the following string values:
 
   - `insert`
+  - `fresh`
+
+  With `fresh`, the response data replaces all existing records of the entity in the store — records that are no longer returned by the API are removed. This makes the API response the single source of truth.
+
+  ```js
+  useAxiosRepo(User).api().get('/api/users', { persistBy: 'fresh' })
+  ```
 
 ### `save`
 
diff --git a/packages/axios/src/api/Response.ts b/packages/axios/src/api/Response.ts
index 5d96dcc76..1304fecec 100644
--- a/packages/axios/src/api/Response.ts
+++ b/packages/axios/src/api/Response.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,6 @@ export class Response {
    * Pinia ORM persist methods.
    */
   protected validatePersistAction (action: string): action is PersistMethods {
-    return ['save', 'insert'].includes(action)
+    return ['save', 'insert', 'fresh'].includes(action)
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/axios/src/types/config.ts b/packages/axios/src/types/config.ts
index 70708f57a..23c27432d 100644
--- a/packages/axios/src/types/config.ts
+++ b/packages/axios/src/types/config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Element } from 'pinia-orm'
 import type { AxiosInstance, AxiosRequestConfig, AxiosResponse } from 'axios'
 
-export type PersistMethods = 'save' | 'insert'
+export type PersistMethods = 'save' | 'insert' | 'fresh'
 
 export type PersistOptions = { [P in PersistMethods]?: string[] }
 
diff --git a/packages/axios/test/feature/Request_PersistBy.spec.ts b/packages/axios/test/feature/Request_PersistBy.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efd69c823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/axios/test/feature/Request_PersistBy.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import axios from 'axios'
+import MockAdapter from 'axios-mock-adapter'
+import { Model, useRepo } from 'pinia-orm'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { assertState } from '../helpers'
+import { useAxiosRepo } from '../../src'
+
+describe('Feature - Request - Persist By', () => {
+  let mock: MockAdapter
+
+  class User extends Model {
+    static entity = 'users'
+
+    static fields () {
+      return {
+        id: this.attr(null),
+        name: this.attr(''),
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mock = new MockAdapter(axios)
+  })
+  afterEach(() => {
+    mock.reset()
+  })
+
+  it('replaces all existing records with `persistBy: fresh`', async () => {
+    useRepo(User).save([
+      { id: 1, name: 'John Doe' },
+      { id: 2, name: 'Deleted Elsewhere' },
+    ])
+
+    mock.onGet('/users').reply(200, [
+      { id: 1, name: 'John Doe' },
+      { id: 3, name: 'Jane Doe' },
+    ])
+
+    const userStore = useAxiosRepo(User)
+
+    const result = await userStore.api().get('/users', {
+      persistBy: 'fresh',
+    })
+
+    expect(result.entities).toHaveLength(2)
+
+    assertState({
+      users: {
+        1: { id: 1, name: 'John Doe' },
+        3: { id: 3, name: 'Jane Doe' },
+      },
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('inserts records with `persistBy: insert`', async () => {
+    useRepo(User).save({ id: 1, name: 'John Doe' })
+
+    mock.onGet('/users').reply(200, [
+      { id: 2, name: 'Jane Doe' },
+    ])
+
+    const userStore = useAxiosRepo(User)
+
+    await userStore.api().get('/users', {
+      persistBy: 'insert',
+    })
+
+    assertState({
+      users: {
+        1: { id: 1, name: 'John Doe' },
+        2: { id: 2, name: 'Jane Doe' },
+      },
+    })
+  })
+})