diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 4e54f3ed6f..7c2e2ca190 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Release with new features and bugfixes:
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/1853[#1853]: Add ARM releases for VSCode on Mac
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/797[#797]: Use system unzip on macOS to preserve symlinks in ZIP extraction
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/1723[#1723]: Add commandlet for GitHub Copilot CLI
+* https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/1688[#1688]: Remove unnecessary message in the CLI when installing a new tool
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/1685[#1685]: Add Nest CLI to IDEasy commandlets
 
 The full list of changes for this release can be found in https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/milestone/44?closed=1[milestone 2026.05.001].
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/GlobalToolCommandlet.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/GlobalToolCommandlet.java
index 95c520a3b6..9cfffa4379 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/GlobalToolCommandlet.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/GlobalToolCommandlet.java
@@ -190,14 +190,12 @@ protected List<PackageManagerCommand> getInstallPackageManagerCommands() {
   @Override
   public VersionIdentifier getInstalledVersion() {
     //TODO: handle "get-version <globaltool>"
-    LOG.error("Couldn't get installed version of " + this.getName());
     return null;
   }
 
   @Override
   public String getInstalledEdition() {
     //TODO: handle "get-edition <globaltool>"
-    LOG.error("Couldn't get installed edition of " + this.getName());
     return null;
   }
 
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/docker/Docker.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/docker/Docker.java
index 01b3881c82..4533c2fe99 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/docker/Docker.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/docker/Docker.java
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ protected List<PackageManagerCommand> getInstallPackageManagerCommands() {
   public VersionIdentifier getInstalledVersion() {
 
     if (!isDockerInstalled()) {
-      LOG.error("Couldn't get installed version of " + this.getName());
       return null;
     }
 
@@ -148,7 +147,6 @@ private VersionIdentifier getRancherDesktopClientVersion() {
   public String getInstalledEdition() {
 
     if (!isDockerInstalled()) {
-      LOG.error("Couldn't get installed edition of {}", this.getName());
       return null;
     }