diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1dddd6b..8d825a0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ test/*.trs
 test/region.reg
 examples/python/*.xml
 examples/python/*.html
+examples/cpp/*/*.fits
+examples/cpp/createfits/createfits
+examples/cpp/createskymap/createskymap
+examples/cpp/createxml/createxml
+examples/cpp/readmodel/readmodel
 
 # Binaries
 test/test_GApplication
diff --git a/examples/cpp/createxml/createxml b/examples/cpp/createxml/createxml
deleted file mode 100755
index d244b66..0000000
--- a/examples/cpp/createxml/createxml
+++ /dev/null