diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fbdb9c9..a5d6b8e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,12 +16,5 @@
 # Local config / secrets
 local.properties
 
-# IDE
-/.idea/caches
-/.idea/libraries
-/.idea/modules.xml
-/.idea/workspace.xml
-/.idea/navEditor.xml
-/.idea/assetWizardSettings.xml
-/.idea/deploymentTargetSelector.xml
-/.idea/deploymentTargetDropDown.xml
+# IDE (JetBrains / Android Studio) — fully ignored to avoid machine-specific churn
+/.idea/
diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 26d3352..0000000
--- a/.idea/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Default ignored files
-/shelf/
-/workspace.xml
diff --git a/.idea/.name b/.idea/.name
deleted file mode 100644
index 321dad6..0000000
--- a/.idea/.name
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Android Architecture Showcase
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/AndroidProjectSystem.xml b/.idea/AndroidProjectSystem.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a53bee..0000000
--- a/.idea/AndroidProjectSystem.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="AndroidProjectSystem">
-    <option name="providerId" value="com.android.tools.idea.GradleProjectSystem" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/compiler.xml b/.idea/compiler.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b589d56..0000000
--- a/.idea/compiler.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="CompilerConfiguration">
-    <bytecodeTargetLevel target="17" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/gradle.xml b/.idea/gradle.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a594b9..0000000
--- a/.idea/gradle.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="GradleSettings">
-    <option name="linkedExternalProjectsSettings">
-      <GradleProjectSettings>
-        <compositeConfiguration>
-          <compositeBuild compositeDefinitionSource="SCRIPT">
-            <builds>
-              <build path="$PROJECT_DIR$/build-logic" name="build-logic">
-                <projects>
-                  <project path="$PROJECT_DIR$/build-logic" />
-                  <project path="$PROJECT_DIR$/build-logic/convention" />
-                </projects>
-              </build>
-            </builds>
-          </compositeBuild>
-        </compositeConfiguration>
-        <option name="testRunner" value="CHOOSE_PER_TEST" />
-        <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
-        <option name="gradleJvm" value="#GRADLE_LOCAL_JAVA_HOME" />
-        <option name="modules">
-          <set>
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/app" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/build-logic" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/build-logic/convention" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/core" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/core/data" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/core/design-system" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/core/domain" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/core/presentation" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/feature" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/feature/about" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/feature/about/presentation" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/feature/characters" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/feature/characters/data" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/feature/characters/domain" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/feature/characters/presentation" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/feature/characters/presentation-compose" />
-            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/feature/characters/presentation-views" />
-          </set>
-        </option>
-      </GradleProjectSettings>
-    </option>
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/kotlinc.xml b/.idea/kotlinc.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ebd2e7b..0000000
--- a/.idea/kotlinc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="KotlinJpsPluginSettings">
-    <option name="externalSystemId" value="Gradle" />
-    <option name="version" value="2.3.20" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/markdown.xml b/.idea/markdown.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c61ea33..0000000
--- a/.idea/markdown.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="MarkdownSettings">
-    <option name="previewPanelProviderInfo">
-      <ProviderInfo name="Compose (experimental)" className="com.intellij.markdown.compose.preview.ComposePanelProvider" />
-    </option>
-  </component>
-</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/migrations.xml b/.idea/migrations.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index f8051a6..0000000
--- a/.idea/migrations.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectMigrations">
-    <option name="MigrateToGradleLocalJavaHome">
-      <set>
-        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
-      </set>
-    </option>
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b0be22..0000000
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ExternalStorageConfigurationManager" enabled="true" />
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_17" project-jdk-name="jbr-21" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
-    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build/classes" />
-  </component>
-  <component name="ProjectType">
-    <option name="id" value="Android" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/runConfigurations.xml b/.idea/runConfigurations.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 16660f1..0000000
--- a/.idea/runConfigurations.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="RunConfigurationProducerService">
-    <option name="ignoredProducers">
-      <set>
-        <option value="com.intellij.execution.junit.AbstractAllInDirectoryConfigurationProducer" />
-        <option value="com.intellij.execution.junit.AllInPackageConfigurationProducer" />
-        <option value="com.intellij.execution.junit.PatternConfigurationProducer" />
-        <option value="com.intellij.execution.junit.TestInClassConfigurationProducer" />
-        <option value="com.intellij.execution.junit.UniqueIdConfigurationProducer" />
-        <option value="com.intellij.execution.junit.testDiscovery.JUnitTestDiscoveryConfigurationProducer" />
-        <option value="org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.junit.KotlinJUnitRunConfigurationProducer" />
-        <option value="org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.junit.KotlinPatternConfigurationProducer" />
-      </set>
-    </option>
-  </component>
-</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 35eb1dd..0000000
--- a/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
-    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
-  </component>
-</project>
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