diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/triage/Workbench.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/triage/Workbench.tsx
index ceb4196ad7f..86ff6c03a1e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/triage/Workbench.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/triage/Workbench.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { Domain, Filter, WorkbenchRow } from './types';
 type WorkbenchProps = {
   domain: Domain;
   data: WorkbenchRow[];
-  groupBy?: string[]; // @TODO proper type
+  groupBy?: string[];
   filterBy?: Filter[];
   queryRunner: SceneQueryRunner;
 };
@@ -36,13 +36,30 @@ function renderWorkbenchRow(
   leftColumnWidth: number,
   domain: Domain,
   key: React.Key,
+  enableFolderMeta: boolean,
   depth = 0
 ): React.ReactElement {
   if (row.type === 'alertRule') {
-    return <AlertRuleRow key={key} row={row} leftColumnWidth={leftColumnWidth} rowKey={key} depth={depth} />;
+    return (
+      <AlertRuleRow
+        key={key}
+        row={row}
+        leftColumnWidth={leftColumnWidth}
+        rowKey={key}
+        depth={depth}
+        enableFolderMeta={enableFolderMeta}
+      />
+    );
   } else {
     const children = row.rows.map((childRow, childIndex) =>
-      renderWorkbenchRow(childRow, leftColumnWidth, domain, `${key}-${generateRowKey(childRow, childIndex)}`, depth + 1)
+      renderWorkbenchRow(
+        childRow,
+        leftColumnWidth,
+        domain,
+        `${key}-${generateRowKey(childRow, childIndex)}`,
+        enableFolderMeta,
+        depth + 1
+      )
     );
 
     // Check if this is a grafana_folder group and use FolderGroupRow
@@ -99,11 +116,14 @@ function renderWorkbenchRow(
  │                         │ │                                   │
  └─────────────────────────┘ └───────────────────────────────────┘
  */
-export function Workbench({ domain, data, queryRunner }: WorkbenchProps) {
+export function Workbench({ domain, data, queryRunner, groupBy }: WorkbenchProps) {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
   const isLoading = !queryRunner.isDataReadyToDisplay();
   const [pageIndex, setPageIndex] = useState<number>(1);
+
+  // Calculate once: show folder metadata only if not grouping by grafana_folder
+  const enableFolderMeta = !groupBy?.includes('grafana_folder');
   // splitter for template and payload editor
   const splitter = useSplitter({
     direction: 'row',
@@ -151,7 +171,7 @@ export function Workbench({ domain, data, queryRunner }: WorkbenchProps) {
               ) : (
                 dataSlice.map((row, index) => {
                   const rowKey = generateRowKey(row, index);
-                  return renderWorkbenchRow(row, leftColumnWidth, domain, rowKey);
+                  return renderWorkbenchRow(row, leftColumnWidth, domain, rowKey, enableFolderMeta);
                 })
               )}
               {hasMore && <LoadMoreHelper handleLoad={() => setPageIndex((prevIndex) => prevIndex + 1)} />}
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/triage/rows/AlertRuleRow.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/triage/rows/AlertRuleRow.tsx
index 539dc2c4ed1..965e9b5ce31 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/triage/rows/AlertRuleRow.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/triage/rows/AlertRuleRow.tsx
@@ -16,9 +16,16 @@ interface AlertRuleRowProps {
   leftColumnWidth: number;
   rowKey: React.Key;
   depth?: number;
+  enableFolderMeta?: boolean;
 }
 
-export const AlertRuleRow = ({ row, leftColumnWidth, rowKey, depth = 0 }: AlertRuleRowProps) => {
+export const AlertRuleRow = ({
+  row,
+  leftColumnWidth,
+  rowKey,
+  depth = 0,
+  enableFolderMeta = true,
+}: AlertRuleRowProps) => {
   const { ruleUID, folder, title } = row.metadata;
   const [isDrawerOpen, setIsDrawerOpen] = useState(false);
 
@@ -45,12 +52,14 @@ export const AlertRuleRow = ({ row, leftColumnWidth, rowKey, depth = 0 }: AlertR
           />
         }
         metadata={
-          <Stack direction="row" gap={0.5} alignItems="center">
-            <MetaText icon="folder" />
-            <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
-              {folder}
-            </Text>
-          </Stack>
+          enableFolderMeta ? (
+            <Stack direction="row" gap={0.5} alignItems="center">
+              <MetaText icon="folder" />
+              <Text variant="bodySmall" color="secondary">
+                {folder}
+              </Text>
+            </Stack>
+          ) : undefined
         }
         content={<AlertRuleSummary ruleUID={ruleUID} />}
         depth={depth}
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/triage/scene/Workbench.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/triage/scene/Workbench.tsx
index f202a5cd0a0..d83908c2e91 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/triage/scene/Workbench.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/triage/scene/Workbench.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export function WorkbenchRenderer() {
   const { data } = runner.useState();
   const rows = data ? convertToWorkbenchRows(data, groupByKeys) : [];
 
-  return <Workbench data={rows} domain={domain} queryRunner={runner} />;
+  return <Workbench data={rows} domain={domain} queryRunner={runner} groupBy={groupByKeys} />;
 }
 
 type DataPoint = Record<ArrayValues<typeof DEFAULT_FIELDS>, string> & Record<string, string | undefined>;