diff --git a/src/views/emails.html b/src/views/emails.html
index eb73b9938..c123c35c2 100644
--- a/src/views/emails.html
+++ b/src/views/emails.html
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@
 
       <div class="btn-group btn-group-sm pull-right" role="group">
         <a class="btn btn-sm btn-default" href="#/emails-eventlog" uib-tooltip="{{ 'emails.eventlogActionTooltip' | tr }}" tooltip-append-to-body="true" tooltip-placement="bottom"><i class="fas fa-align-left"></i></a>
-        <a class="btn btn-sm btn-default" ng-disabled="user.role !== 'owner'" href="/filemanager.html?id=mail&type=mail" target="_blank" uib-tooltip="{{ 'app.filemanagerActionTooltip' | tr }}" tooltip-append-to-body="true" tooltip-placement="bottom"><i class="fas fa-folder"></i></a>
+        <!-- hidden for now, until we see a purpose -->
+        <!-- <a class="btn btn-sm btn-default" ng-disabled="user.role !== 'owner'" href="/filemanager.html?id=mail&type=mail" target="_blank" uib-tooltip="{{ 'app.filemanagerActionTooltip' | tr }}" tooltip-append-to-body="true" tooltip-placement="bottom"><i class="fas fa-folder"></i></a> -->
       </div>
     </h1>
   </div>