• I don't like it either, but can't see any way of turning it off.

    I know it's a bit OTT, but I've actually written a program to automate certain 'tweaks' to T-SQL code in line with my own coding preferences - and the removal of redundant [] characters is one of those tweaks, as I got tired/bored of continually doing find/replace.

    If you haven't even tried to resolve your issue, please don't expect the hard-working volunteers here to waste their time providing links to answers which you could easily have found yourself.