diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 149ea8d8bc7..1cbf79c286c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 - We fixed an issue where opening a library from the recent libraries menu was not possible. [#5939](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/5939)
 - We fixed an issue with inconsistent capitalization of file extensions when downloading files [#6115](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6115)
 - We fixed the display of language and encoding in the preferences dialog. [#6130](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/6130)
-
+- We fixed an issue where search full-text documents downloaded files with same name, overwriting existing files. [#6174](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/6174)
 ### Removed
 
 - We removed the obsolete `External programs / Open PDF` section in the preferences, as the default application to open PDFs is now set in the `Manage external file types` dialog. [#6130](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/6130)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/LinkedFileViewModel.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/LinkedFileViewModel.java
index d52a24b9f95..e57513db0b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/LinkedFileViewModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/LinkedFileViewModel.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import org.jabref.logic.externalfiles.LinkedFileHandler;
 import org.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization;
 import org.jabref.logic.net.URLDownload;
+import org.jabref.logic.util.io.FileNameUniqueness;
 import org.jabref.logic.xmp.XmpPreferences;
 import org.jabref.logic.xmp.XmpUtilWriter;
 import org.jabref.model.database.BibDatabaseContext;
@@ -419,6 +420,7 @@ public BackgroundTask<Path> prepareDownloadTask(Path targetDirectory, URLDownloa
                     String suggestedTypeName = externalFileType.getName();
                     linkedFile.setFileType(suggestedTypeName);
                     String suggestedName = linkedFileHandler.getSuggestedFileName(externalFileType.getExtension());
+                    suggestedName = FileNameUniqueness.getNonOverWritingFileName(targetDirectory, suggestedName);
                     return targetDirectory.resolve(suggestedName);
                 })
                 .then(destination -> new FileDownloadTask(urlDownload.getSource(), destination))
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/util/io/FileNameUniqueness.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/util/io/FileNameUniqueness.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..595530d0944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/util/io/FileNameUniqueness.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package org.jabref.logic.util.io;
+
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public class FileNameUniqueness {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an absolute path to a file which does not match with any existing file names
+     *
+     * @param targetDirectory The directory in which file name should be unique
+     * @param fileName Suggested name for the file
+     * @return a file-name such that it does not match any existing files in targetDirectory.
+     * */
+    public static String getNonOverWritingFileName(Path targetDirectory, String fileName) {
+//        String absoluteName = targetDirectory.resolve(fileName)
+//                .toString();
+
+        Optional<String> extensionOptional = FileUtil.getFileExtension(fileName);
+
+        // the suffix include the '.' , if extension is present Eg: ".pdf"
+        String extensionSuffix;
+        String fileNameWithoutExtension;
+
+        if (extensionOptional.isPresent()) {
+            extensionSuffix = '.' + extensionOptional.get();
+            fileNameWithoutExtension = fileName.substring(0, fileName.lastIndexOf('.'));
+        }
+        else {
+            extensionSuffix = "";
+            fileNameWithoutExtension = fileName;
+        }
+
+//        Path absolutePath = Paths.get(absoluteName);
+        String newFileName = fileName;
+
+        int counter = 1;
+        while ( Files.exists(
+                targetDirectory.resolve(newFileName))
+        ) {
+            newFileName = fileNameWithoutExtension +
+                    " (" + counter + ")" +
+                    extensionSuffix;
+            counter++;
+        }
+        return newFileName;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jabref/logic/util/io/FileNameUniquenessTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jabref/logic/util/io/FileNameUniquenessTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..29f6f73cf6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jabref/logic/util/io/FileNameUniquenessTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package org.jabref.logic.util.io;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+
+
+public class FileNameUniquenessTest {
+
+    @TempDir
+    protected Path tempDir;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetNonOverWritingFileNameReturnsSameName(@TempDir Path tempDirectory) throws IOException {
+
+        assertFalse(
+                Files.exists(tempDirectory.resolve("sameFile.txt"))
+        );
+
+        String outputFileName = FileNameUniqueness.getNonOverWritingFileName(tempDirectory, "sameFile.txt");
+        assertEquals("sameFile.txt", outputFileName);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetNonOverWritingFileNameReturnsUniqueNameOver1Conflict() throws IOException {
+        Path dummyFilePath1 = tempDir.resolve("differentFile.txt");
+
+        Files.createFile(dummyFilePath1);
+
+        String outputFileName = FileNameUniqueness.getNonOverWritingFileName(tempDir, "differentFile.txt");
+        assertEquals("differentFile (1).txt", outputFileName);
+
+        Files.delete(dummyFilePath1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetNonOverWritingFileNameReturnsUniqueNameOverNConflicts() throws IOException {
+        Path dummyFilePath1 = tempDir.resolve("manyfiles.txt");
+        Path dummyFilePath2 = tempDir.resolve("manyfiles (1).txt");
+
+        Files.createFile(dummyFilePath1);
+        Files.createFile(dummyFilePath2);
+
+        String outputFileName = FileNameUniqueness.getNonOverWritingFileName(tempDir, "manyfiles.txt");
+        assertEquals("manyfiles (2).txt", outputFileName);
+
+        Files.delete(dummyFilePath1);
+        Files.delete(dummyFilePath2);
+    }
+}