diff --git a/examples/.gitignore b/examples/.gitignore
index 2267a072b..883b9d0de 100644
--- a/examples/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,9 @@
+*.C_ref
+*.mesh
+*.outputConstitutive
+*.outputCrystallite
+*.outputHomogenization
+*.spectralOut
+*.sta
+*.vt*
 postProc
diff --git a/examples/SpectralMethod/.gitignore b/examples/SpectralMethod/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ba7997bf0..000000000
--- a/examples/SpectralMethod/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-*.C_ref
-*.mesh
-*.outputConstitutive
-*.outputCrystallite
-*.outputHomogenization
-*.spectralOut
-*.sta
-*.vt*