diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cbbde809..2824d53b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 client/build/
 client/node_modules/*
 client/.env
-client/.env.example
 client/prov-domain-formik/*
 *.DS_Store*
 server/env/*
diff --git a/client/.env.example b/client/.env.example
index d45ba2fd..b0ac11d0 100644
--- a/client/.env.example
+++ b/client/.env.example
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
-REACT_APP_USERDB_URL=http://localhost:8080/users/ 
-
-REACT_APP_BCOAPI_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/ 
-
-REACT_APP_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=404409424650-a1hh4j6m9r3998v16siia2lum9un21ip.apps.googleusercontent.com 
-
-REACT_APP_ORCID_URL=https://sandbox.orcid.org 
-
-REACT_APP_ORCID_CLIENT_ID=APP-88DEA42BRILGEHKC 
-
-REACT_APP_ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET=1d14318a-68ce-40a4-9805-60ae58fdd841 
-
-REACT_APP_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:3000 
-
-REACT_APP_BCOAPI_TOKEN=627626823549f787c3ec763ff687169206626149 
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+REACT_APP_USERDB_URL=
+REACT_APP_BCOAPI_URL=
+REACT_APP_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=
+REACT_APP_ORCID_URL=
+REACT_APP_ORCID_CLIENT_ID=
+REACT_APP_ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET=
+REACT_APP_SERVER_URL=
+REACT_APP_BCOAPI_TOKEN=