diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f322f0..8ac714a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/ for more about ignoring files.
 
+# user-specific files
+.idea/**/workspace.xml
+.idea/**/tasks.xml
+.idea/**/usage.statistics.xml
+.idea/**/dictionaries
+.idea/**/shelf
+
+
 # dependencies
 /node_modules
 /.pnp
diff --git a/.idea/workspace.xml b/.idea/workspace.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index cdc2286..0000000
--- a/.idea/workspace.xml
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-      <change afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/app/favicon.ico" afterDir="false" />
-      <change afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/app/globals.css" afterDir="false" />
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-    &quot;git-widget-placeholder&quot;: &quot;main&quot;,
-    &quot;js.buildTools.grunt.grunt-cli.package&quot;: &quot;&quot;,
-    &quot;js.buildTools.gulp.gulp_package_dir&quot;: &quot;&quot;,
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-    &quot;node.js.detected.package.eslint&quot;: &quot;true&quot;,
-    &quot;node.js.detected.package.tslint&quot;: &quot;true&quot;,
-    &quot;node.js.selected.package.eslint&quot;: &quot;(autodetect)&quot;,
-    &quot;node.js.selected.package.tslint&quot;: &quot;(autodetect)&quot;,
-    &quot;nodejs.cucumber.cucumber_node_package_dir&quot;: &quot;&quot;,
-    &quot;nodejs.jest.jest_package&quot;: &quot;&quot;,
-    &quot;nodejs_package_manager_path&quot;: &quot;npm&quot;,
-    &quot;vue.rearranger.settings.migration&quot;: &quot;true&quot;
-  }
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-    <key name="MoveFile.RECENT_KEYS">
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-  <component name="TypeScriptGeneratedFilesManager">
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