diff --git a/settings_cpp.json b/settings_cpp.json
index 5e005af..efba4e6 100644
--- a/settings_cpp.json
+++ b/settings_cpp.json
@@ -5,7 +5,19 @@
     "C_Cpp.default.intelliSenseMode": "clang-x64",
     "C_Cpp.default.cppStandard": "c++11",
     "C_Cpp.default.cStandard": "c11",
-    "C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngineFallback": "Enabled"
+    "C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngineFallback": "Enabled",
+    "files.exclude": {
+    "**/bazel-bin": true,
+    "**/bazel-out": true,
+    "**/bazel-testlogs": true,
+    "**/bazel-Primo": true,
+
+    "**/.git": true,
+    "**/.svn": true,
+    "**/.hg": true,
+    "**/CVS": true,
+    "**/.DS_Store": true,
+    },
 }