Outlook 2019 is a Marking Emails Important and Putting into Separate Folder

Hey All, long time searcher and have found lots of help within these discussion. Being a first time poster, I cannot find the solution and hoping for some assistance.

Problem: I use Outlook 2019 and recently switched from Pop3 to iMap getting everything all set up. While doing so, I created a Unread Mail folder using the New Search Folders feature and Outlook (or me somehow) is duplicating emails and putting those emails into an Important Folder within the new Unread folder.

Its not that big of a deal but don't really want to bulk delete those emails in the event there is a email marked Important from sender or myself.

Any insight would be super helpful.

Thanks,

-Toby