Franco was the only fascist pro-axis leader to survive intact, though you could argue that De Valera, whilst democratically elected certainly had pro-Nazi sympathies.
Franco was able to be rather vague, (a traditional Gallego stereotype), Spain was officially neutral in WWII so not a direct enemy of the allies and his support for the Axis powers that got him and his regime to rule Spain wasn't enthusiastically reciprocated.
Spain wasn't a military threat to other powers, and there is the sense that it is a "peripheral" power rather than one at the heart of Europe.
It probably would have been a hard task and the allies were war-weary and looking towards the future, seeing as USSR was seen as the real global threat, the softer fascism of Franco was seen as a better option, although it has to be pointed out that this is the kind of stupidity that allowed Hitler to get to power.
Franco was only a threat to the Spanish people, so was left alone. The Generalissimo will probably not be pleased to be counted as "not important enough" to be removed from power.
This isn't to say that at least in Britain a lot of leftists actively opposed the policy and felt the Francoist regime should have been removed, by force if necessary.
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