diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 03bae3a26..806f3148e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ UpgradeLog*.htm
 *_p.c
 *.ilk
 *.meta
+*.exe
 *.obj
 *.pch
 #*.pdb
diff --git a/PowerEditor/bin/notepad++_beta.exe b/PowerEditor/bin/notepad++_beta.exe
deleted file mode 100644
index c83f202bd..000000000
Binary files a/PowerEditor/bin/notepad++_beta.exe and /dev/null differ