Windows 11 Removing protected folders in controlled folder access

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As it stands, I am unable to remove the base folders from the Protected Folders list. This would normally be fine except any game I download from Steam that writes settings/save files to the "C:\users\[user]\documents" path is caught as malicious by windows defender. While I could go through and allow each application through controlled folder access, that seems like it will be tedious as far as the future is concerned... Currently I have controlled folder access disabled to circumnavigate this issue-- alternatively, there must be a way to remove the entry myself, right? The entry in question

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