I'm fairly certain the files in question are in a place that isn't supposed to be backed up, I know you've stated that you're not using Git and I urge you to reconsider, but if you insist then I suggest you look at the .gitignore file regardless to see what files, file extensions, and folders you should ignore when making backups(if possible).
Again noting that if you used git these items would be ignored automatically as long as you included the .gitignore file