diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 263856b3f57..44c15ba07fd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 # Working Path
 /Product
 /build
-/tools/cross/rootfs
 
 # Compiled python3 code cache
 **/__pycache__
 *.pyc
 
-# Test cache for model download
-/tests/scripts/**/cache
-
 # Test report
 /report
 
@@ -19,22 +15,9 @@
 # Generated by format checker
 /format.patch
 
-# Default path for ndk
-/tools/cross/ndk
-
-# ignore the embeded cl_kernels
-/**/*.clembed
-/**/*.hembed
-
 # External directory
 /externals
 
-# tflkit info files
-/tools/tflkit/*.info
-
-# Generated tests
-/tests/nnapi/src/generated
-
 # Coverage
 /gcov
 /coverage
diff --git a/compute/ARMComputeEx/src/core/CL/cl_kernels/.gitignore b/compute/ARMComputeEx/src/core/CL/cl_kernels/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..24c2b2ac607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compute/ARMComputeEx/src/core/CL/cl_kernels/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# ignore the embeded cl_kernels
+*.clembed
+*.hembed
diff --git a/tests/nnapi/.gitignore b/tests/nnapi/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e60af0d6ea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nnapi/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Generated tests
+src/generated
diff --git a/tools/cross/.gitignore b/tools/cross/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be9ca826181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/cross/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Default path for RootFS, Android SDK/NDK
+rootfs
+ndk
+android_sdk
diff --git a/tools/tflkit/.gitignore b/tools/tflkit/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..39ac0285798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tflkit/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# tflkit info files
+*.info