diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7e99e367f..ea92bb425 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-*.pyc
\ No newline at end of file
+*.pyc
+*.mod
+*.o
+*.exe
+*.bak
+*~
+PRIVATE
diff --git a/examples/SpectralMethod/.gitignore b/examples/SpectralMethod/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27fb4fcdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/SpectralMethod/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*.C_ref
+*.mesh
+*.outputConstitutive
+*.outputCrystallite
+*.outputHomogenization
+*.spectralOut
+*.sta
+*.vtk