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Random 'Attachments' folder appeared in OneDrive for Business
I'm trying to understand your concern on this, not sure why you are worried about this folder and no matter you remove it will be recreated, it is part of ODFB default schema. Just leave it there.
I think you are misunderstanding it, this is not a download folder, you can download files wherever you like on you storage. This folder is used specifically for automatic online file sharing. In Outlook client, you may attach the file and upload to OneDrive. This folder is part of this logic, when you take this action the file will be stored in the Attachment folder and shared with your intended recipient.
I hope that helps. See attached.
My concern about this folder (and the dumb Documents folder) is that I want to control my own file management and don't want to see an empty Attachments folder or the OneNote related Documents folder. I guess it is a Type A thing.
My solution? I made the folder hidden and I keep Hidden Items turned off unless I need to see something specific. Mostly because I have a bunch of hidden dot development files that I do not want to wade through when I am working. But it works great for this as well. Hope that helps the other Type A types.
Omg! It's 2025 and it was still super annoying for me! Thanks a lot for that easy tip haha
