diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0d39ab24dd9..d641ced0a87 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ latest_updates.json
 *.egg-info
 dist/
 erpnext/docs/current
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
diff --git a/.swp b/.swp
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a492bd7abf..00000000000
Binary files a/.swp and /dev/null differ