diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bcbbcca..c18770b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -131,3 +131,8 @@ dmypy.json
 
 #RESULTS
 model_output
+
+
+#PYDEV files
+.project
+.pydevproject
diff --git a/.project b/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index eb2ab96..0000000
--- a/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>COVID_01</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.python.pydev.PyDevBuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-		<nature>org.python.pydev.pythonNature</nature>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>
diff --git a/.pydevproject b/.pydevproject
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c0f754..0000000
--- a/.pydevproject
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<?eclipse-pydev version="1.0"?><pydev_project>
-<pydev_pathproperty name="org.python.pydev.PROJECT_SOURCE_PATH">
-<path>/${PROJECT_DIR_NAME}</path>
-</pydev_pathproperty>
-<pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_VERSION">python interpreter</pydev_property>
-<pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_INTERPRETER">miniconda3</pydev_property>
-</pydev_project>