Unwanted text appears every time I close a bracket in VIM using VimTex

I am typesetting a latex file in VIM using the Vimtex plugin.

Every time I close a bracket, this text shows up automatically in the <++>. For example:

\section{This is one}<++>

\section{The variable $V_L$<++> explains things}<++>

\begin{equation}
    <+content+>
    \label{<+label+>}
\end{equation}<++>

LaTeX compiles my text with those printed out in the pdf so I have to manually remove the every time. This behavior goes from $$ to {} to others also and even inside certain areas when using autocompletion features wit F5.

I did look add this question but it did not provide much help as to how to solve my issue.

How can I prevent the from being added to my tex files?
If they are a feature meant for something I do not understand, how do I prevent them from compiling in my pdf's?

Solution

This part of the documentation on the vim-latex (not Vimtex) repo on github explains how the macro system works, how it's useful and solely meant for editing

NOTE: Place Holders
    -------------
    Almost all macros provided in Latex-Suite implement Stephen Riem's
    bracketing system and Gergely Kontra's JumpFunc() for handling
    place-holders. This consists of using "place-holders" to mark off
    locations where the next relevant editing has to be done. As an example,
    when you type EFI in |insert-mode|, you will get the following:  >
        \begin{figure}[<+htpb+>]
            \centering
            \includegraphics{<+file+>}
            \caption{<+caption text+>}
            \label{fig:<+label+>}
        \end{figure}<++>
    The text <+htpb+> will be selected and you will be left in |select-mode|
    so that you can continue typing straight away. After having typed in the
    placement specifier, you can press <Ctrl-J> (while still in insert-mode).
    This will take you directly to the next "place-holder". i.e, <+file+> will
    be visually selected with Vim in select mode again for typing in the file
    aaaa. This saves on a lot of key presses.

Note: Upon testing I realized that the placeholder only appears when the bracketing is empty.