diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 174d009..38a3b60 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ coverage.xml
 # Visual Studio Code
 .vscode/
 
+# idea editor
+.idea
+
 # Translations
 *.mo
 *.pot
diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 26d3352..0000000
--- a/.idea/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Default ignored files
-/shelf/
-/workspace.xml
diff --git a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 105ce2d..0000000
--- a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<component name="InspectionProjectProfileManager">
-  <settings>
-    <option name="USE_PROJECT_PROFILE" value="false" />
-    <version value="1.0" />
-  </settings>
-</component>
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diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1bd6ded..0000000
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="Python 3.8 (sportran)" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
-  <component name="PyCharmProfessionalAdvertiser">
-    <option name="shown" value="true" />
-  </component>
-</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c056e76..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/sportran.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/sportran.iml" />
-    </modules>
-  </component>
-</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/sportran.iml b/.idea/sportran.iml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f2c9af..0000000
--- a/.idea/sportran.iml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module type="PYTHON_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" />
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-  </component>
-  <component name="PyDocumentationSettings">
-    <option name="format" value="PLAIN" />
-    <option name="myDocStringFormat" value="Plain" />
-  </component>
-  <component name="TestRunnerService">
-    <option name="PROJECT_TEST_RUNNER" value="pytest" />
-  </component>
-</module>
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diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 94a25f7..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="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
-  </component>
-</project>
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