diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0b1882d1f0..55005a012a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ venv/
 **/.pytest_cache/
 __pycache__/
 *.db3-*
-
+**/.vscode/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rosbag2_storage_mcap/.vscode/settings.json b/rosbag2_storage_mcap/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3da30fa099..0000000000
--- a/rosbag2_storage_mcap/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// -*- jsonc -*-
-{
-    "git.alwaysSignOff": true,
-
-    // https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/722
-    "C_Cpp.autoAddFileAssociations": false,
-    "C_Cpp.default.cppStandard": "c++17",
-
-    "[cpp]": {
-        "editor.formatOnSave": true
-    },
-    "cmake.sourceDirectory": "${workspaceFolder}",
-}