diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 326ffcb251..602cc3f566 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -366,10 +366,7 @@ MigrationBackup/
 FodyWeavers.xsd
 
 # VS Code files for those working on multiple tools
-.vscode/*
-!.vscode/tasks.json
-!.vscode/launch.json
-!.vscode/extensions.json
+.vscode/
 *.code-workspace
 
 # Local History for Visual Studio Code
@@ -404,4 +401,4 @@ imgui.ini
 
 # direnv - maybe .envrc is ok if 'use flake' doesn't break non nixos machines
 /.envrc
-/.direnv
\ No newline at end of file
+/.direnv
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f97a755eb..0000000000
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "version": "0.2.0",
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "name": "Launch (Windows)",
-            "type": "cppvsdbg",
-            "request": "launch",
-            // Resolved by CMake Tools:
-            "program": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}",
-            "args": [],
-            "stopAtEntry": false,
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
-            "environment": [
-                {
-                    // add the directory where our target was built to the PATHs
-                    // it gets resolved by CMake Tools:
-                    "name": "PATH",
-                    "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
-                },
-            ],
-            "console": "integratedTerminal",
-            "MIMode": "gdb",
-            "setupCommands": [
-                {
-                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
-                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
-                    "ignoreFailures": true
-                }
-            ]
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "Launch (Linux)",
-            "type": "cppdbg",
-            "request": "launch",
-            // Resolved by CMake Tools:
-            "program": "${command:cmake.launchTargetPath}",
-            "args": [],
-            "stopAtEntry": false,
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
-            "environment": [
-                {
-                    // add the directory where our target was built to the PATHs
-                    // it gets resolved by CMake Tools:
-                    "name": "PATH",
-                    "value": "$PATH:${command:cmake.launchTargetDirectory}"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "OTHER_VALUE",
-                    "value": "Something something"
-                }
-            ],
-            "console": "integratedTerminal",
-            "MIMode": "gdb",
-            "setupCommands": [
-                {
-                    "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
-                    "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
-                    "ignoreFailures": true
-                }
-            ]
-        }
-    ]
-}
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