diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index c5668e51f..a4a323f88 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ This file documents all notable changes to https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy[IDE
 
 Release with new features and bugfixes:
 
+* https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/910[#910]: Cannot update Intellij on Linux - FileAlreadyExistsException
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/38[#38]: Implement ToolCommandlet for Python
 
 The full list of changes for this release can be found in https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/milestone/23?closed=1[milestone 2025.03.001].
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/commandlet/UpgradeSettingsCommandlet.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/commandlet/UpgradeSettingsCommandlet.java
index 1a5b366bb..930dedc1b 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/commandlet/UpgradeSettingsCommandlet.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/commandlet/UpgradeSettingsCommandlet.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.devonfw.tools.ide.commandlet;
 
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 import java.util.function.Function;
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ private void updateLegacyFolder(Path folder, String legacyName, String newName)
     Path newFolder = folder.resolve(newName);
     if (fileAccess.isExpectedFolder(legacyFolder)) {
       try {
-        if (!fileAccess.exists(newFolder)) {
+        if (!Files.exists(newFolder)) {
           fileAccess.move(legacyFolder, newFolder, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
           this.context.success("Successfully renamed folder '{}' to '{}' in {}.", legacyName, newName, folder);
         }
@@ -106,9 +107,8 @@ private void updateProperties() {
       }
       environmentVariables = environmentVariables.getParent();
     }
-    FileAccess fileAccess = this.context.getFileAccess();
     Path templatePropertiesDir = this.context.getSettingsTemplatePath().resolve(IdeContext.FOLDER_CONF);
-    if (fileAccess.exists(templatePropertiesDir)) {
+    if (Files.exists(templatePropertiesDir)) {
       EnvironmentVariablesPropertiesFile environmentVariablesProperties = new EnvironmentVariablesPropertiesFile(null, EnvironmentVariablesType.CONF,
           templatePropertiesDir, null, this.context);
       updateProperties(environmentVariablesProperties);
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/io/FileAccess.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/io/FileAccess.java
index 94b8c305b..8e0d4d4fc 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/io/FileAccess.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/io/FileAccess.java
@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@ public interface FileAccess {
    */
   boolean isFile(Path file);
 
-  /**
-   * @param file the {@link Path} to check.
-   * @return {@code true} if the given {@code file} points to an existing file, {@code false} otherwise (the given {@link Path} does not exist
-   */
-  boolean exists(Path file);
-
   /**
    * @param folder the {@link Path} to check.
    * @return {@code true} if the given {@code folder} points to an existing directory, {@code false} otherwise (a warning is logged in this case).
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/io/FileAccessImpl.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/io/FileAccessImpl.java
index 16214d248..dae5669db 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/io/FileAccessImpl.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/io/FileAccessImpl.java
@@ -220,11 +220,6 @@ public boolean isFile(Path file) {
     return true;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public boolean exists(Path file) {
-    return Files.exists(file);
-  }
-
   @Override
   public boolean isExpectedFolder(Path folder) {
 
@@ -781,7 +776,7 @@ public void extractPkg(Path file, Path targetDir) {
   @Override
   public void delete(Path path) {
 
-    if (!Files.exists(path)) {
+    if (!Files.exists(path, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS)) {
       this.context.trace("Deleting {} skipped as the path does not exist.", path);
       return;
     }
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/LocalToolCommandlet.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/LocalToolCommandlet.java
index cbf161436..8c22ba743 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/LocalToolCommandlet.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/LocalToolCommandlet.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ public boolean install(boolean silent, EnvironmentContext environmentContext) {
         // we need to link the version or update the link.
         Path toolPath = getToolPath();
         FileAccess fileAccess = this.context.getFileAccess();
-        if (Files.exists(toolPath)) {
+        if (Files.exists(toolPath, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS)) {
           fileAccess.backup(toolPath);
         }
         fileAccess.mkdirs(toolPath.getParent());