diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f66dd6553..1ffce7b36 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ coverage
 .nyc_output
 .eslintcache
 .codex
+.vscode/
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 254ce7e8c..000000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "eslint.validate": ["javascript", "javascriptreact", "typescript", "typescriptreact"],
-  "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
-    "source.fixAll.eslint": "explicit"
-  },
-  "eslint.workingDirectories": [
-    { "directory": "./frontend", "changeProcessCWD": true },
-    { "directory": "./backend", "changeProcessCWD": true }
-  ],
-  "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
-  "editor.formatOnSave": true
-}