diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 98b3a24c19e..796b20d4f7a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 - We improved group expansion arrow that prevent it from activating group when expanding or collapsing. [#7982](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/7982), [#3176](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/3176)
 - When configured SSL certificates changed, JabRef warns the user to restart to apply the configuration.
 - We improved the appearances and logic of the "Manage field names & content" dialog, and renamed it to "Automatic field editor". [#6536](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6536)
-- We fixed an issue that caused JabRef to sometimes open multiple instances when "Remote Operation" is enabled. [#8653](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8653)
+- We moved the preferences option "Warn about duplicates on import" option from the tab "File" to the tab "Import and Export". [kopper#570](https://github.com/koppor/jabref/issues/570)
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- We fixed an issue that caused JabRef to sometimes open multiple instances when "Remote Operation" is enabled. [#8653](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8653)
 - We fixed an issue where linked files with the filetype "application/pdf" in an entry were not shown with the correct PDF-Icon in the main table [8930](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8930)
 - We fixed an issue where "open folder" for linked files did not open the folder and did not select the file unter certain Linux desktop environments [#8679](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8679), [#8849](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8849)
 - We fixed an issue where the content of a big shared database library is not shown [#8788](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8788)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/file/FileTab.fxml b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/file/FileTab.fxml
index 8666dfd973f..59b1d7f0e90 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/file/FileTab.fxml
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/file/FileTab.fxml
@@ -42,5 +42,4 @@
     </HBox>
 
     <CheckBox fx:id="alwaysReformatBib" text="%Always reformat BIB file on save and export"/>
-    <CheckBox fx:id="warnAboutDuplicatesOnImport" text="%Warn about duplicates on import"/>
 </fx:root>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/file/FileTab.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/file/FileTab.java
index f91f08650a1..88c3768df07 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/file/FileTab.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/file/FileTab.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ public class FileTab extends AbstractPreferenceTabView<FileTabViewModel> impleme
     @FXML private RadioButton resolveStrings;
     @FXML private TextField resolveStringsForFields;
     @FXML private CheckBox alwaysReformatBib;
-    @FXML private CheckBox warnAboutDuplicatesOnImport;
 
     @FXML private CheckBox autosaveLocalLibraries;
     @FXML private Button autosaveLocalLibrariesHelp;
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ public void initialize() {
         resolveStringsForFields.disableProperty().bind(doNotResolveStrings.selectedProperty());
 
         alwaysReformatBib.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.alwaysReformatBibProperty());
-        warnAboutDuplicatesOnImport.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.warnAboutDuplicatesOnImportProperty());
         autosaveLocalLibraries.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.autosaveLocalLibrariesProperty());
 
         ActionFactory actionFactory = new ActionFactory(Globals.getKeyPrefs());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/file/FileTabViewModel.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/file/FileTabViewModel.java
index abcefcd1150..3981f4d2c82 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/file/FileTabViewModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/file/FileTabViewModel.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ public class FileTabViewModel implements PreferenceTabViewModel {
     private final BooleanProperty resolveStringsProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
     private final StringProperty resolveStringsForFieldsProperty = new SimpleStringProperty("");
     private final BooleanProperty alwaysReformatBibProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
-    private final BooleanProperty warnAboutDuplicatesOnImportProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
     private final BooleanProperty autosaveLocalLibraries = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
 
     private final ImportExportPreferences importExportPreferences;
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ public void setValues() {
         resolveStringsProperty.setValue(importExportPreferences.resolveStrings());
         resolveStringsForFieldsProperty.setValue(importExportPreferences.getResolvableFields());
         alwaysReformatBibProperty.setValue(importExportPreferences.shouldAlwaysReformatOnSave());
-        warnAboutDuplicatesOnImportProperty.setValue(importExportPreferences.shouldWarnAboutDuplicatesOnImport());
         autosaveLocalLibraries.setValue(importExportPreferences.shouldAutoSave());
     }
 
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@ public void storeSettings() {
         importExportPreferences.setNonWrappableFields(noWrapFilesProperty.getValue().trim());
         importExportPreferences.setResolvableFields(resolveStringsForFieldsProperty.getValue().trim());
         importExportPreferences.setAlwaysReformatOnSave(alwaysReformatBibProperty.getValue());
-        importExportPreferences.setWarnAboutDuplicatesOnImport(warnAboutDuplicatesOnImportProperty.getValue());
         importExportPreferences.setAutoSave(autosaveLocalLibraries.getValue());
     }
 
@@ -77,10 +74,6 @@ public BooleanProperty alwaysReformatBibProperty() {
         return alwaysReformatBibProperty;
     }
 
-    public BooleanProperty warnAboutDuplicatesOnImportProperty() {
-        return warnAboutDuplicatesOnImportProperty;
-    }
-
     // Autosave
     public BooleanProperty autosaveLocalLibrariesProperty() {
         return autosaveLocalLibraries;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/importexport/ImportExportTab.fxml b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/importexport/ImportExportTab.fxml
index 7d3756d1bb0..a1fc3bbb64d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/importexport/ImportExportTab.fxml
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/importexport/ImportExportTab.fxml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
     <Label styleClass="sectionHeader" text="%General"/>
     <CheckBox fx:id="generateNewKeyOnImport" text="%Generate a new key for imported entries (overwriting their default)"/>
+    <CheckBox fx:id="warnAboutDuplicatesOnImport" text="%Warn about duplicates on import"/>
 
     <Label styleClass="sectionHeader" text="%Custom DOI URI"/>
     <HBox alignment="CENTER_LEFT" spacing="10.0">
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/importexport/ImportExportTab.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/importexport/ImportExportTab.java
index 24e03dc5578..86fc0ba223a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/importexport/ImportExportTab.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/importexport/ImportExportTab.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ public class ImportExportTab extends AbstractPreferenceTabView<ImportExportTabVi
     @FXML private CheckBox grobidEnabled;
     @FXML private TextField grobidURL;
 
+    @FXML private CheckBox warnAboutDuplicatesOnImport;
+
     public ImportExportTab() {
         ViewLoader.view(this)
                   .root(this)
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ public String getTabName() {
     }
 
     public void initialize() {
-        this.viewModel = new ImportExportTabViewModel(preferencesService, preferencesService.getDOIPreferences(), dialogService);
+        this.viewModel = new ImportExportTabViewModel(preferencesService, preferencesService.getDOIPreferences(), dialogService, preferencesService.getImportExportPreferences());
 
         useCustomDOI.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.useCustomDOIProperty());
         useCustomDOIName.textProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.useCustomDOINameProperty());
@@ -85,6 +87,8 @@ public void initialize() {
 
         // Content is set later
         viewModel.fetcherApiKeys().addListener((InvalidationListener) change -> apiKeySelector.getSelectionModel().selectFirst());
+
+        warnAboutDuplicatesOnImport.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.warnAboutDuplicatesOnImportProperty());
     }
 
     private void updateFetcherApiKey(FetcherApiKey apiKey) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/importexport/ImportExportTabViewModel.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/importexport/ImportExportTabViewModel.java
index e8d31ab8737..3c3fe3472bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/importexport/ImportExportTabViewModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/importexport/ImportExportTabViewModel.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.jabref.model.entry.field.Field;
 import org.jabref.model.entry.field.FieldFactory;
 import org.jabref.model.metadata.SaveOrderConfig;
+import org.jabref.preferences.ImportExportPreferences;
 import org.jabref.preferences.PreferencesService;
 
 public class ImportExportTabViewModel implements PreferenceTabViewModel {
@@ -55,19 +56,22 @@ public class ImportExportTabViewModel implements PreferenceTabViewModel {
 
     private final BooleanProperty grobidEnabledProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
     private final StringProperty grobidURLProperty = new SimpleStringProperty("");
+    private final BooleanProperty warnAboutDuplicatesOnImportProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
 
     private final DialogService dialogService;
     private final PreferencesService preferencesService;
     private final DOIPreferences doiPreferences;
     private final ImporterPreferences importerPreferences;
     private final SaveOrderConfig initialExportOrder;
+    private final ImportExportPreferences importExportPreferences;
 
-    public ImportExportTabViewModel(PreferencesService preferencesService, DOIPreferences doiPreferences, DialogService dialogService) {
+    public ImportExportTabViewModel(PreferencesService preferencesService, DOIPreferences doiPreferences, DialogService dialogService, ImportExportPreferences importExportPreferences) {
         this.dialogService = dialogService;
         this.preferencesService = preferencesService;
         this.importerPreferences = preferencesService.getImporterPreferences();
         this.doiPreferences = doiPreferences;
         this.initialExportOrder = preferencesService.getExportSaveOrder();
+        this.importExportPreferences = importExportPreferences;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -75,6 +79,7 @@ public void setValues() {
         generateKeyOnImportProperty.setValue(importerPreferences.isGenerateNewKeyOnImport());
         useCustomDOIProperty.setValue(doiPreferences.isUseCustom());
         useCustomDOINameProperty.setValue(doiPreferences.getDefaultBaseURI());
+        warnAboutDuplicatesOnImportProperty.setValue(importExportPreferences.shouldWarnAboutDuplicatesOnImport());
 
         switch (initialExportOrder.getOrderType()) {
             case SPECIFIED -> exportInSpecifiedOrderProperty.setValue(true);
@@ -111,6 +116,8 @@ public void storeSettings() {
                 sortCriteriaProperty.stream().map(SortCriterionViewModel::getCriterion).toList());
         preferencesService.storeExportSaveOrder(newSaveOrderConfig);
 
+        importExportPreferences.setWarnAboutDuplicatesOnImport(warnAboutDuplicatesOnImportProperty.getValue());
+
         // API keys
         preferencesService.getImporterPreferences().getApiKeys().clear();
         preferencesService.getImporterPreferences().getApiKeys().addAll(apiKeys);
@@ -166,6 +173,10 @@ public ObjectProperty<FetcherApiKey> selectedApiKeyProperty() {
         return selectedApiKeyProperty;
     }
 
+    public BooleanProperty warnAboutDuplicatesOnImportProperty() {
+        return warnAboutDuplicatesOnImportProperty;
+    }
+
     public void checkCustomApiKey() {
         final String apiKeyName = selectedApiKeyProperty.get().getName();