diff --git a/src/api/fs.ts b/src/api/fs.ts
index 9be256685..a7255e765 100644
--- a/src/api/fs.ts
+++ b/src/api/fs.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,4 @@ export async function getDirFiles(dirPath: string) {
     const electronFiles = await Promise.all(files.map(getElectronFile));
     return electronFiles;
 }
-export {
-    isFolder,
-    removeFile,
-    removeFolder,
-    readTextFile,
-} from '../services/fs';
+export { isFolder, moveFile, readTextFile } from '../services/fs';
diff --git a/src/preload.ts b/src/preload.ts
index ae71ca4e7..fc123b84e 100644
--- a/src/preload.ts
+++ b/src/preload.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import {
     openDirectory,
 } from './api/common';
 import { fixHotReloadNext12 } from './utils/preload';
-import { isFolder, getDirFiles, removeFile, removeFolder } from './api/fs';
+import { isFolder, getDirFiles, moveFile } from './api/fs';
 import { convertHEIC, generateImageThumbnail } from './api/imageProcessor';
 import { setupLogging } from './utils/logging';
 import {
@@ -105,6 +105,5 @@ windowObject['ElectronAPIs'] = {
     logRendererProcessMemoryUsage,
     registerForegroundEventListener,
     openDirectory,
-    removeFile,
-    removeFolder,
+    moveFile,
 };
diff --git a/src/services/fs.ts b/src/services/fs.ts
index 9535e139e..d4e6de025 100644
--- a/src/services/fs.ts
+++ b/src/services/fs.ts
@@ -242,16 +242,20 @@ export async function readTextFile(filePath: string) {
     return await fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf-8');
 }
 
-export async function removeFile(filePath: string) {
-    if (!existsSync(filePath)) {
-        return;
+export async function moveFile(
+    sourcePath: string,
+    destinationPath: string
+): Promise<void> {
+    if (!existsSync(sourcePath)) {
+        throw new Error('File does not exist');
     }
-    await fs.unlink(filePath);
-}
-
-export async function removeFolder(folderPath: string) {
-    if (!existsSync(folderPath)) {
-        return;
+    if (existsSync(destinationPath)) {
+        throw new Error('Destination file already exists');
     }
-    fs.rmSync(folderPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    // check if destination folder exists
+    const destinationFolder = path.dirname(destinationPath);
+    if (!existsSync(destinationFolder)) {
+        throw new Error('Destination folder does not exist');
+    }
+    await fs.rename(sourcePath, destinationPath);
 }