diff --git a/.chloggen/fix-todo-optional.yaml b/.chloggen/fix-todo-optional.yaml
index 70b6e9f755c..77ddefb3f5e 100644
--- a/.chloggen/fix-todo-optional.yaml
+++ b/.chloggen/fix-todo-optional.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ change_type: breaking
 component: exporterhelper
 
 # A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Use configoptional for optional fields in exporterhelper
+note: Use configoptional for sending_queue::batch field
 
 # One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
 issues: [13345]
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/base_exporter.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/base_exporter.go
index 1ee43265286..7631699a292 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/base_exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/base_exporter.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func WithQueueBatch(cfg queuebatch.Config, set QueueBatchSettings[request.Reques
 			o.ExportFailureMessage += " Try enabling sending_queue to survive temporary failures."
 			return nil
 		}
-		if cfg.StorageID.HasValue() && set.Encoding == nil {
+		if cfg.StorageID != nil && set.Encoding == nil {
 			return errors.New("`QueueBatchSettings.Encoding` must not be nil when persistent queue is enabled")
 		}
 		o.queueBatchSettings = set
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/base_exporter_test.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/base_exporter_test.go
index a2eb7ef2051..f43216c990e 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/base_exporter_test.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/base_exporter_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configoptional"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/request"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/requesttest"
@@ -53,7 +52,8 @@ func TestQueueOptionsWithRequestExporter(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, err)
 
 	qCfg := NewDefaultQueueConfig()
-	qCfg.StorageID = configoptional.Some(component.MustNewID("test"))
+	storageID := component.NewID(component.MustNewType("test"))
+	qCfg.StorageID = &storageID
 	_, err = NewBaseExporter(exportertest.NewNopSettings(exportertest.NopType), pipeline.SignalMetrics, noopExport,
 		WithQueueBatchSettings(newFakeQueueBatch()),
 		WithRetry(configretry.NewDefaultBackOffConfig()),
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queue/persistent_queue.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queue/persistent_queue.go
index 059c39fce80..cda2e1a7e87 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queue/persistent_queue.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queue/persistent_queue.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func newPersistentQueue[T any](set Settings[T]) readableQueue[T] {
 		activeSizer:     set.activeSizer(),
 		itemsSizer:      set.ItemsSizer,
 		bytesSizer:      set.BytesSizer,
-		storageID:       *set.StorageID.Get(),
+		storageID:       *set.StorageID,
 		id:              set.ID,
 		signal:          set.Signal,
 		blockOnOverflow: set.BlockOnOverflow,
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queue/persistent_queue_test.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queue/persistent_queue_test.go
index 25e1ee1c54d..72bb81c53bd 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queue/persistent_queue_test.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queue/persistent_queue_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configoptional"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/experr"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/hosttest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/request"
@@ -232,7 +231,8 @@ func newSettings(sizerType request.SizerType, capacity int64) Settings[int64] {
 
 func newSettingsWithStorage(sizerType request.SizerType, capacity int64) Settings[int64] {
 	set := newSettings(sizerType, capacity)
-	set.StorageID = configoptional.Some(component.ID{})
+	storageID := component.ID{}
+	set.StorageID = &storageID
 	return set
 }
 
@@ -513,7 +513,8 @@ func TestInvalidStorageExtensionType(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestPersistentQueue_StopAfterBadStart(t *testing.T) {
-	pq := newPersistentQueue[int64](Settings[int64]{StorageID: configoptional.Some(component.ID{})})
+	storageID := component.ID{}
+	pq := newPersistentQueue[int64](Settings[int64]{StorageID: &storageID})
 	// verify that stopping a un-start/started w/error queue does not panic
 	assert.NoError(t, pq.Shutdown(context.Background()))
 }
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queue/queue.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queue/queue.go
index f286a95dd08..9583be9fb25 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queue/queue.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queue/queue.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configoptional"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/request"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline"
 )
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ type Settings[T any] struct {
 	WaitForResult   bool
 	BlockOnOverflow bool
 	Signal          pipeline.Signal
-	StorageID       configoptional.Optional[component.ID]
+	StorageID       *component.ID
 	Encoding        Encoding[T]
 	ID              component.ID
 	Telemetry       component.TelemetrySettings
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ func NewQueue[T request.Request](set Settings[T], next ConsumeFunc[T]) (Queue[T]
 
 func newBaseQueue[T any](set Settings[T]) (readableQueue[T], error) {
 	// Configure memory queue or persistent based on the config.
-	if !set.StorageID.HasValue() {
+	if set.StorageID == nil {
 		return newMemoryQueue[T](set), nil
 	}
 	if set.ItemsSizer == nil {
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queuebatch/config.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queuebatch/config.go
index 7caa75e0860..5f031c1652a 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queuebatch/config.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queuebatch/config.go
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// If true, the component will wait for space; otherwise, operations will immediately return a retryable error.
 	BlockOnOverflow bool `mapstructure:"block_on_overflow"`
 
-	// StorageID, if not empty, enables the persistent storage and uses the component specified
+	// StorageID if not empty, enables the persistent storage and uses the component specified
 	// as a storage extension for the persistent queue.
-	StorageID configoptional.Optional[component.ID] `mapstructure:"storage"`
+	// TODO: This will be changed to Optional when available.
+	StorageID *component.ID `mapstructure:"storage"`
 
 	// NumConsumers is the maximum number of concurrent consumers from the queue.
 	// This applies across all different optional configurations from above (e.g. wait_for_result, blockOnOverflow, persistent, etc.).
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
 	}
 
 	// Only support request sizer for persistent queue at this moment.
-	if cfg.StorageID.HasValue() && cfg.WaitForResult {
+	if cfg.StorageID != nil && cfg.WaitForResult {
 		return errors.New("`wait_for_result` is not supported with a persistent queue configured with `storage`")
 	}
 
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queuebatch/config_test.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queuebatch/config_test.go
index 62065cd7ed1..c3da0a1d7cb 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queuebatch/config_test.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queuebatch/config_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configoptional"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/request"
 )
 
@@ -30,9 +29,10 @@ func TestConfig_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg.QueueSize = 0
 	require.EqualError(t, cfg.Validate(), "`queue_size` must be positive")
 
+	storageID := component.MustNewID("test")
 	cfg = newTestConfig()
 	cfg.WaitForResult = true
-	cfg.StorageID = configoptional.Some(component.MustNewID("test"))
+	cfg.StorageID = &storageID
 	require.EqualError(t, cfg.Validate(), "`wait_for_result` is not supported with a persistent queue configured with `storage`")
 
 	cfg = newTestConfig()
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queuebatch/queue_batch_test.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queuebatch/queue_batch_test.go
index 8bef8d251eb..fb962d6cf40 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queuebatch/queue_batch_test.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/queuebatch/queue_batch_test.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func TestQueueBatchDifferentSizers(t *testing.T) {
 func TestQueueBatchPersistenceEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := newTestConfig()
 	storageID := component.MustNewIDWithName("file_storage", "storage")
-	cfg.StorageID = configoptional.Some(storageID)
+	cfg.StorageID = &storageID
 	qb, err := NewQueueBatch(newFakeRequestSettings(), cfg, sendertest.NewNopSenderFunc[request.Request]())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func TestQueueBatchPersistenceEnabledStorageError(t *testing.T) {
 	storageError := errors.New("could not get storage client")
 	cfg := newTestConfig()
 	storageID := component.MustNewIDWithName("file_storage", "storage")
-	cfg.StorageID = configoptional.Some(storageID)
+	cfg.StorageID = &storageID
 	qb, err := NewQueueBatch(newFakeRequestSettings(), cfg, sendertest.NewNopSenderFunc[request.Request]())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func TestQueueBatchPersistentEnabled_NoDataLossOnShutdown(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := newTestConfig()
 	cfg.NumConsumers = 1
 	storageID := component.MustNewIDWithName("file_storage", "storage")
-	cfg.StorageID = configoptional.Some(storageID)
+	cfg.StorageID = &storageID
 
 	mockReq := &requesttest.FakeRequest{Items: 2}
 	qSet := newFakeRequestSettings()
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/logs_test.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/logs_test.go
index eb89505c898..867b6664916 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/logs_test.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/logs_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configoptional"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest"
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ func TestLogs_WithPersistentQueue(t *testing.T) {
 	fgOrigWriteState := queue.PersistRequestContextOnWrite
 	qCfg := NewDefaultQueueConfig()
 	storageID := component.MustNewIDWithName("file_storage", "storage")
-	qCfg.StorageID = configoptional.Some(storageID)
+	qCfg.StorageID = &storageID
 	set := exportertest.NewNopSettings(exportertest.NopType)
 	set.ID = component.MustNewIDWithName("test_logs", "with_persistent_queue")
 	host := hosttest.NewHost(map[component.ID]component.Component{
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/metrics_test.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/metrics_test.go
index 9c62ea51f90..81e98ad84b1 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/metrics_test.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/metrics_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configoptional"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest"
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ func TestMetrics_WithPersistentQueue(t *testing.T) {
 	fgOrigWriteState := queue.PersistRequestContextOnWrite
 	qCfg := NewDefaultQueueConfig()
 	storageID := component.MustNewIDWithName("file_storage", "storage")
-	qCfg.StorageID = configoptional.Some(storageID)
+	qCfg.StorageID = &storageID
 	set := exportertest.NewNopSettings(exportertest.NopType)
 	set.ID = component.MustNewIDWithName("test_metrics", "with_persistent_queue")
 	host := hosttest.NewHost(map[component.ID]component.Component{
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/traces_test.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/traces_test.go
index 84ea4721af1..59e622dc9ae 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/traces_test.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/traces_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configoptional"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest"
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ func TestTraces_WithPersistentQueue(t *testing.T) {
 	fgOrigWriteState := queue.PersistRequestContextOnWrite
 	qCfg := NewDefaultQueueConfig()
 	storageID := component.MustNewIDWithName("file_storage", "storage")
-	qCfg.StorageID = configoptional.Some(storageID)
+	qCfg.StorageID = &storageID
 	set := exportertest.NewNopSettings(exportertest.NopType)
 	set.ID = component.MustNewIDWithName("test_logs", "with_persistent_queue")
 	host := hosttest.NewHost(map[component.ID]component.Component{
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/xexporterhelper/go.mod b/exporter/exporterhelper/xexporterhelper/go.mod
index c85b5d4d676..b80967c84c5 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/xexporterhelper/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/xexporterhelper/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v1.35.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest v0.129.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configoptional v0.129.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v1.35.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.129.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror/xconsumererror v0.129.0
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client v1.35.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configoptional v0.129.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry v1.35.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.35.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v1.35.0 // indirect
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/xexporterhelper/profiles_test.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/xexporterhelper/profiles_test.go
index 17cdb9b281e..c19e102d152 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/xexporterhelper/profiles_test.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/xexporterhelper/profiles_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configoptional"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror/xconsumererror"
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ func TestProfiles_WithPersistentQueue(t *testing.T) {
 	fgOrigWriteState := queue.PersistRequestContextOnWrite
 	qCfg := exporterhelper.NewDefaultQueueConfig()
 	storageID := component.MustNewIDWithName("file_storage", "storage")
-	qCfg.StorageID = configoptional.Some(storageID)
+	qCfg.StorageID = &storageID
 	set := exportertest.NewNopSettings(exportertest.NopType)
 	set.ID = component.MustNewIDWithName("test_logs", "with_persistent_queue")
 	host := hosttest.NewHost(map[component.ID]component.Component{