diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3b5303e..827f905 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ test_multi_heap_host
 
 # VS Code Settings
 # .vscode/
+settings.json
 
 # VIM files
 *.swp
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b53318f..0000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngine": "default"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/relay_chn_multi/.gitignore b/examples/relay_chn_multi/.gitignore
index 51c9513..f91069f 100644
--- a/examples/relay_chn_multi/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/relay_chn_multi/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 build/
 sdkconfig
-sdkconfig.old
\ No newline at end of file
+sdkconfig.old
+
+# Exclude auto-populated settings file
+settings.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/relay_chn_multi/.vscode/settings.json b/examples/relay_chn_multi/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fa2d52..0000000
--- a/examples/relay_chn_multi/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngine": "default",
-  "files.associations": {
-    "led_indicator_blink_default.h": "c"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/examples/relay_chn_single/.gitignore b/examples/relay_chn_single/.gitignore
index 51c9513..f91069f 100644
--- a/examples/relay_chn_single/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/relay_chn_single/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 build/
 sdkconfig
-sdkconfig.old
\ No newline at end of file
+sdkconfig.old
+
+# Exclude auto-populated settings file
+settings.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/relay_chn_single/.vscode/settings.json b/examples/relay_chn_single/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 81b74eb..0000000
--- a/examples/relay_chn_single/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngine": "default",
-  "idf.espIdfPath": "/disk/Depo/Developer/SDK/esp-idf/v5.4/esp-idf",
-  "idf.pythonInstallPath": "/usr/bin/python3",
-  "idf.openOcdConfigs": [
-    "board/esp32c3-builtin.cfg"
-  ],
-  "idf.port": "/dev/ttyUSB0",
-  "idf.toolsPath": "/home/ismail/.espressif",
-  "idf.customExtraVars": {
-    "IDF_TARGET": "esp32c3"
-  },
-  "idf.flashType": "UART",
-  "files.associations": {
-    "led_indicator_blink_default.h": "c"
-  }
-}