diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 259148f..6a8fcb1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@
 *.exe
 *.out
 *.app
+
+# vscode IDE settings
+.vscode/**
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diff --git a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 89064ed..0000000
--- a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "name": "SAMD",
-            "includePath": [
-                "${workspaceFolder}/**",
-                "C:/Users/Noah/AppData/Local/Arduino15/packages/adafruit/hardware/samd/1.2.9/cores/arduino/**"
-            ],
-            "defines": [
-                "_DEBUG",
-                "UNICODE",
-                "_UNICODE"
-            ],
-            "windowsSdkVersion": "10.0.17763.0",
-            "compilerPath": "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/BuildTools/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.16.27023/bin/Hostx64/x64/cl.exe",
-            "cStandard": "c11",
-            "cppStandard": "c++17",
-            "intelliSenseMode": "msvc-x64"
-        }
-    ],
-    "version": 4
-}
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diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f76f1b2..0000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "files.associations": {
-        "cmath": "cpp",
-        "cstddef": "cpp",
-        "cstdint": "cpp",
-        "cstdio": "cpp",
-        "cstdlib": "cpp",
-        "cstring": "cpp",
-        "cwchar": "cpp",
-        "exception": "cpp",
-        "initializer_list": "cpp",
-        "iosfwd": "cpp",
-        "limits": "cpp",
-        "memory": "cpp",
-        "new": "cpp",
-        "type_traits": "cpp",
-        "typeinfo": "cpp",
-        "utility": "cpp",
-        "xmemory": "cpp",
-        "xmemory0": "cpp",
-        "xstddef": "cpp",
-        "xtr1common": "cpp",
-        "xutility": "cpp"
-    }
-}
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