diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak-sync/src/sync.rs b/src-tauri/yaak-sync/src/sync.rs
index 3d902273..9d8728ff 100644
--- a/src-tauri/yaak-sync/src/sync.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/yaak-sync/src/sync.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::models::SyncModel;
 use chrono::Utc;
-use log::{debug, warn};
+use log::{debug, info, warn};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_fs_candidates(dir: &Path) -> Result<Vec<FsCandidate>> {
 
         let path = dir_entry.path();
         let (model, checksum) = match SyncModel::from_file(&path) {
+            // TODO: Remove this once we have logic to handle environments. This it to clean
+            //  any existing ones from the sync dir that resulted from the 2025.1 betas.
+            Ok(Some((SyncModel::Environment(e), _))) => {
+                fs::remove_file(path).await?;
+                info!("Cleaned up synced environment {}", e.id);
+                continue;
+            }
             Ok(Some(m)) => m,
             Ok(None) => continue,
             Err(e) => {
@@ -205,9 +212,17 @@ pub(crate) fn compute_sync_ops(
             let op = match (db_map.get(k), fs_map.get(k)) {
                 (None, None) => return None, // Can never happen
                 (None, Some(fs)) => SyncOp::DbCreate { fs: fs.to_owned() },
-                (Some(DbCandidate::Unmodified(model, sync_state)), None) => SyncOp::DbDelete {
-                    model: model.to_owned(),
-                    state: sync_state.to_owned(),
+                (Some(DbCandidate::Unmodified(model, sync_state)), None) => {
+                    // TODO: Remove this once we have logic to handle environments. This it to
+                    //  ignore the cleaning we did above of any environments that were written
+                    //  to disk in the 2025.1 betas.
+                    if let SyncModel::Environment(_) = model {
+                        return None;
+                    }
+                    SyncOp::DbDelete {
+                        model: model.to_owned(),
+                        state: sync_state.to_owned(),
+                    }
                 },
                 (Some(DbCandidate::Modified(model, sync_state)), None) => SyncOp::FsUpdate {
                     model: model.to_owned(),
@@ -318,7 +333,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn apply_sync_ops<R: Runtime>(
     );
     let mut sync_state_ops = Vec::new();
     let mut workspaces_to_upsert = Vec::new();
-    let mut environments_to_upsert = Vec::new();
+    let environments_to_upsert = Vec::new();
     let mut folders_to_upsert = Vec::new();
     let mut http_requests_to_upsert = Vec::new();
     let mut grpc_requests_to_upsert = Vec::new();
@@ -380,11 +395,13 @@ pub(crate) async fn apply_sync_ops<R: Runtime>(
                 // batch upsert to make foreign keys happy
                 match fs.model {
                     SyncModel::Workspace(m) => workspaces_to_upsert.push(m),
-                    SyncModel::Environment(m) => environments_to_upsert.push(m),
                     SyncModel::Folder(m) => folders_to_upsert.push(m),
                     SyncModel::HttpRequest(m) => http_requests_to_upsert.push(m),
                     SyncModel::GrpcRequest(m) => grpc_requests_to_upsert.push(m),
                     SyncModel::WebsocketRequest(m) => websocket_requests_to_upsert.push(m),
+
+                    // TODO: Handle environments in sync
+                    SyncModel::Environment(_) => {}
                 };
                 SyncStateOp::Create {
                     model_id,
@@ -397,11 +414,13 @@ pub(crate) async fn apply_sync_ops<R: Runtime>(
                 // batch upsert to make foreign keys happy
                 match fs.model {
                     SyncModel::Workspace(m) => workspaces_to_upsert.push(m),
-                    SyncModel::Environment(m) => environments_to_upsert.push(m),
                     SyncModel::Folder(m) => folders_to_upsert.push(m),
                     SyncModel::HttpRequest(m) => http_requests_to_upsert.push(m),
                     SyncModel::GrpcRequest(m) => grpc_requests_to_upsert.push(m),
                     SyncModel::WebsocketRequest(m) => websocket_requests_to_upsert.push(m),
+
+                    // TODO: Handle environments in sync
+                    SyncModel::Environment(_) => {}
                 }
                 SyncStateOp::Update {
                     state: state.to_owned(),
diff --git a/src-web/components/SyncToFilesystemSetting.tsx b/src-web/components/SyncToFilesystemSetting.tsx
index f331d52f..229be7b1 100644
--- a/src-web/components/SyncToFilesystemSetting.tsx
+++ b/src-web/components/SyncToFilesystemSetting.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export function SyncToFilesystemSetting({
       <VStack className="my-2" space={3}>
         <Banner color="info">
           Sync workspace data to folder as plain text files, ideal for backup and Git collaboration.
+          Environments are excluded in order to keep your secrets private.
         </Banner>
         {error && <div className="text-danger">{error}</div>}
 
diff --git a/src-web/init/sync.ts b/src-web/init/sync.ts
index c3387381..26b45962 100644
--- a/src-web/init/sync.ts
+++ b/src-web/init/sync.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function isModelRelevant(m: AnyModel) {
   if (
     m.model !== 'workspace' &&
     m.model !== 'folder' &&
-    m.model !== 'environment' &&
+    // m.model !== 'environment' && // Not synced anymore
     m.model !== 'http_request' &&
     m.model !== 'grpc_request' &&
     m.model !== 'websocket_request'