diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aac52252b..2d7e8ede9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -338,4 +338,7 @@ input/EUROMODoutput/current/uk_2026_std.txt
 input/EUROMODoutput/current/uk_2027_std.txt
 input/InitialPopulations/current/*
 input/InitialPopulations/testing/*
+
+.idea/*
 *.dta
+.Rproj.user
diff --git a/.idea/sqldialects.xml b/.idea/sqldialects.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 054390eb9..000000000
--- a/.idea/sqldialects.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="SqlDialectMappings">
-    <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java/simpaths/data/startingpop/DataParser.java" dialect="H2" />
-  </component>
-</project>
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