diff --git a/fesod-sheet/src/main/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/util/FileUtils.java b/fesod-sheet/src/main/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/util/FileUtils.java
index eecc83758..39ea501e6 100644
--- a/fesod-sheet/src/main/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/util/FileUtils.java
+++ b/fesod-sheet/src/main/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import org.apache.fesod.common.util.IoUtils;
 import org.apache.fesod.sheet.exception.ExcelAnalysisException;
@@ -188,15 +191,30 @@ public static File createDirectory(File directory) {
 
     /**
      * delete file
+     * <p>
+     * Symbolic links and directory junctions are deleted themselves and never followed, so the deletion cannot
+     * escape the given directory.
      *
      * @param file
      */
     public static void delete(File file) {
-        if (file.isFile()) {
+        BasicFileAttributes attributes;
+        try {
+            attributes = Files.readAttributes(file.toPath(), BasicFileAttributes.class, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return;
+        }
+        // Read attributes without following links: File#isDirectory() resolves a Windows directory junction, while
+        // "no follow" attributes report it as "other" (a regular directory reports isOther() = false).
+        if (attributes.isSymbolicLink() || attributes.isOther()) {
+            file.delete();
+            return;
+        }
+        if (attributes.isRegularFile()) {
             file.delete();
             return;
         }
-        if (file.isDirectory()) {
+        if (attributes.isDirectory()) {
             File[] childFiles = file.listFiles();
             if (childFiles == null || childFiles.length == 0) {
                 file.delete();
diff --git a/fesod-sheet/src/test/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/format/CompatibilityTest.java b/fesod-sheet/src/test/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/format/CompatibilityTest.java
index 0ecd7d3d9..7518e5657 100644
--- a/fesod-sheet/src/test/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/format/CompatibilityTest.java
+++ b/fesod-sheet/src/test/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/format/CompatibilityTest.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 import org.apache.fesod.sheet.testkit.builders.TestDataBuilder;
 import org.apache.fesod.sheet.testkit.models.SimpleData;
 import org.apache.fesod.sheet.util.FileUtils;
-import org.apache.poi.util.TempFile;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -139,10 +138,11 @@ public void readWithCacheAfterTempDeletion() throws Exception {
                 FesodSheet.read(file).readCache(new Ehcache(null, 20)).sheet().doReadSync();
         Assertions.assertEquals(10L, list.size());
 
-        // Save file content before deleting the system temp dir (which also removes @TempDir)
+        // Save file content before deleting Fesod's temp dir
         byte[] fileContent = Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath());
 
-        FileUtils.delete(new File(System.getProperty(TempFile.JAVA_IO_TMPDIR)));
+        // Only delete Fesod's own temp dir, never the whole system temp dir shared with other processes
+        FileUtils.delete(new File(FileUtils.getTempFilePrefix()));
 
         // Recreate the file after temp dir deletion to continue the test
         file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
diff --git a/fesod-sheet/src/test/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/util/FileUtilsTest.java b/fesod-sheet/src/test/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/util/FileUtilsTest.java
index 01fad8edf..5b1860772 100644
--- a/fesod-sheet/src/test/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/util/FileUtilsTest.java
+++ b/fesod-sheet/src/test/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/util/FileUtilsTest.java
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.apache.fesod.sheet.exception.ExcelAnalysisException;
 import org.apache.fesod.sheet.exception.ExcelCommonException;
 import org.apache.fesod.sheet.testkit.Tags;
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@
 import org.apache.poi.util.TempFileCreationStrategy;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assumptions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -270,6 +273,79 @@ void test_delete_directory() {
         Assertions.assertFalse(root.exists());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void test_delete_doesNotFollowSymbolicLinks() throws IOException {
+        // outside/
+        //   - keep.txt
+        // root/
+        //   - link -> outside/
+        File outside = tempDir.resolve("outside").toFile();
+        FileUtils.createDirectory(outside);
+        File keep = new File(outside, "keep.txt");
+        Files.write(keep.toPath(), "content".getBytes());
+
+        File root = tempDir.resolve("root").toFile();
+        FileUtils.createDirectory(root);
+        Path link = root.toPath().resolve("link");
+        try {
+            Files.createSymbolicLink(link, outside.toPath());
+        } catch (IOException | UnsupportedOperationException e) {
+            Assumptions.assumeTrue(false, "Symbolic links are not supported: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+
+        FileUtils.delete(root);
+
+        Assertions.assertFalse(root.exists());
+        Assertions.assertFalse(Files.exists(link, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS));
+        Assertions.assertTrue(keep.exists());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test_delete_doesNotFollowDirectoryJunctions() throws IOException {
+        Assumptions.assumeTrue(isWindows(), "Directory junctions are only available on Windows");
+        // outside/
+        //   - keep.txt
+        // root/
+        //   - junction -> outside/
+        File outside = tempDir.resolve("junction-outside").toFile();
+        FileUtils.createDirectory(outside);
+        File keep = new File(outside, "keep.txt");
+        Files.write(keep.toPath(), "content".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+
+        File root = tempDir.resolve("junction-root").toFile();
+        FileUtils.createDirectory(root);
+        Path junction = root.toPath().resolve("junction");
+        Assumptions.assumeTrue(createJunction(junction, outside), "Directory junctions are not supported");
+
+        FileUtils.delete(root);
+
+        Assertions.assertFalse(root.exists());
+        Assertions.assertFalse(Files.exists(junction, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS));
+        Assertions.assertTrue(keep.exists());
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isWindows() {
+        return System.getProperty("os.name").startsWith("Windows");
+    }
+
+    private static boolean createJunction(Path link, File target) {
+        try {
+            Process process = new ProcessBuilder("cmd", "/c", "mklink", "/J", link.toString(), target.getAbsolutePath())
+                    .redirectErrorStream(true)
+                    .start();
+            if (!process.waitFor(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+                process.destroyForcibly();
+                return false;
+            }
+            return process.exitValue() == 0;
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return false;
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     void test_GetterSetter() {
         String originalPrefix = FileUtils.getTempFilePrefix();