diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 41a4a6788..3319985b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,12 +1,31 @@
 # Binaries don't belong here obviously
 *.exe
 *.dll
+bluetoothapis.dll-system32
+bluetoothapis.dll-syswow64
 qt5-install*
 qt-lite*
+qt5*
+qt-lite-*
+qtlite
+QT Launcher Builds
+HQ Launcher-*
+leapsdk-*
+sranipal-*
+webrtc-*
 dependencies
 vcpkg
 binaries
 builds
+Builds
+android
+glad
+openssl-*.tgz
+openssl-*.zip
+
+# Explicitly excluded directories
+hifi-public/rick
+hifi-public/splunk
 
 # Crash dumps and debug files
 *.DMP