diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4be1cd1..cee403a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -63,4 +63,8 @@ node_modules/
 .yarn-integrity
 
 # dotenv environment variables file
-.env
\ No newline at end of file
+.env
+
+# ide configurations 
+.idea/ 
+.vscode/
diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b58b603..0000000
--- a/.idea/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Default ignored files
-/shelf/
-/workspace.xml
-# Editor-based HTTP Client requests
-/httpRequests/
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e72ccf..0000000
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
-    <modules>
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/traintracker.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/traintracker.iml" />
-    </modules>
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/traintracker.iml b/.idea/traintracker.iml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c8867d..0000000
--- a/.idea/traintracker.iml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module type="WEB_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/temp" />
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/.tmp" />
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/tmp" />
-    </content>
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-  </component>
-</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 35eb1dd..0000000
--- a/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
-    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/.firebaserc b/.vscode/.firebaserc
deleted file mode 100644
index d9ea928..0000000
--- a/.vscode/.firebaserc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "projects": {
-    "default": "irishrailtracker"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/.vscode/.gitignore b/.vscode/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 38adffa..0000000
--- a/.vscode/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# Logs
-logs
-*.log
-npm-debug.log*
-yarn-debug.log*
-yarn-error.log*
-pnpm-debug.log*
-lerna-debug.log*
-
-node_modules
-.DS_Store
-dist
-dist-ssr
-coverage
-*.local
-
-/cypress/videos/
-/cypress/screenshots/
-
-# Editor directories and files
-.vscode/*
-!.vscode/extensions.json
-.idea
-*.suo
-*.ntvs*
-*.njsproj
-*.sln
-*.sw?
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c0a6e5a..0000000
--- a/.vscode/extensions.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "recommendations": ["Vue.volar", "Vue.vscode-typescript-vue-plugin"]
-}