diff --git a/static/js/app/filesView.js b/static/js/app/filesView.js
index 3f8078b7..317ee069 100644
--- a/static/js/app/filesView.js
+++ b/static/js/app/filesView.js
@@ -79,13 +79,12 @@ async function rebuildBreadCrumb() {
                 currentFolderInfo = folderInfo;
             }
 
-            // XXX do not enter root into bread crumb updateBreadcrumb() method always display it
-            if (!folderInfo.is_root) {
-                app.breadcrumbPath.unshift({
-                    id: folderInfo.id,
-                    name: folderInfo.name
-                });
-            }
+            // Add every folder to the breadcrumb, including the root (home folder).
+            // updateBreadcrumb() no longer auto-prepends home — it's our responsibility here.
+            app.breadcrumbPath.unshift({
+                id: folderInfo.id,
+                name: folderInfo.name
+            });
 
             // iterate to parent folder
             id = folderInfo.parent_id;
diff --git a/static/js/app/ui.js b/static/js/app/ui.js
index 9d721e37..24b7008b 100644
--- a/static/js/app/ui.js
+++ b/static/js/app/ui.js
@@ -574,18 +574,11 @@ const ui = {
         }
         breadcrumb?.appendChild(homeIcon);
 
-        // -- Root/Home folder name (if available) is always the first element of the breadcrumb --
-        // TODO clarify the difference between homeIcon & this first element
-        if (app.userHomeFolderName) {
-            if (path.length === 0 || path[0].id !== app.userHomeFolderId) {
-                path.unshift({
-                    name: app.userHomeFolderName,
-                    id: app.userHomeFolderId
-                });
-            }
-        }
-
         // -- Root/Home + Intermediate + current segments --
+        // NOTE: The home folder entry is added by rebuildBreadCrumb() (filesView.js) when it
+        // reaches the root folder during traversal. updateBreadcrumb() just renders app.breadcrumbPath
+        // as-is — no implicit mutation. This allows shared-folder navigation to show only the
+        // reachable subtree without the home prefix leaking in.
         path.forEach((segment, index) => {
             const isLast = index === path.length - 1;