diff --git a/DIRECTORY.md b/DIRECTORY.md
index 59b0ff5fa4a5..d0c62e600799 100644
--- a/DIRECTORY.md
+++ b/DIRECTORY.md
@@ -1009,6 +1009,7 @@
             * [IterativeTernarySearchTest](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/IterativeTernarySearchTest.java)
             * [JumpSearchTest](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/JumpSearchTest.java)
             * [KMPSearchTest](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/KMPSearchTest.java)
+            * [LinearSearchTest](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearchTest.java)
             * [OrderAgnosticBinarySearchTest](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/OrderAgnosticBinarySearchTest.java)
             * [PerfectBinarySearchTest](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/PerfectBinarySearchTest.java)
             * [QuickSelectTest](https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Java/blob/master/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/QuickSelectTest.java)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearch.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearch.java
index 57927b30a632..c7b70edb5112 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearch.java
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package com.thealgorithms.searches;
 
 import com.thealgorithms.devutils.searches.SearchAlgorithm;
-import java.util.Random;
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 /**
  * Linear search is the easiest search algorithm It works with sorted and
@@ -36,20 +34,4 @@ public <T extends Comparable<T>> int find(T[] array, T value) {
         }
         return -1;
     }
-
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
-        // just generate data
-        Random r = new Random();
-        int size = 200;
-        int maxElement = 100;
-        Integer[] integers = Stream.generate(() -> r.nextInt(maxElement)).limit(size).toArray(Integer[] ::new);
-
-        // the element that should be found
-        Integer shouldBeFound = integers[r.nextInt(size - 1)];
-
-        LinearSearch search = new LinearSearch();
-        int atIndex = search.find(integers, shouldBeFound);
-
-        System.out.printf("Should be found: %d. Found %d at index %d. An array length %d%n", shouldBeFound, integers[atIndex], atIndex, size);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearchTest.java b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearchTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c09dec6d578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/searches/LinearSearchTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+package com.thealgorithms.searches;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.Random;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for the LinearSearch class.
+ */
+class LinearSearchTest {
+
+    /**
+     * Test for finding an element present in the array.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testLinearSearchFound() {
+        LinearSearch linearSearch = new LinearSearch();
+        Integer[] array = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10};
+        Integer key = 5; // Element to find
+        assertEquals(5, linearSearch.find(array, key), "The index of the found element should be 5.");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for finding the first element in the array.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testLinearSearchFirstElement() {
+        LinearSearch linearSearch = new LinearSearch();
+        Integer[] array = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10};
+        Integer key = 0; // First element
+        assertEquals(0, linearSearch.find(array, key), "The index of the first element should be 0.");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for finding the last element in the array.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testLinearSearchLastElement() {
+        LinearSearch linearSearch = new LinearSearch();
+        Integer[] array = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10};
+        Integer key = 10; // Last element
+        assertEquals(10, linearSearch.find(array, key), "The index of the last element should be 10.");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for finding an element not present in the array.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testLinearSearchNotFound() {
+        LinearSearch linearSearch = new LinearSearch();
+        Integer[] array = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10};
+        Integer key = -1; // Element not in the array
+        assertEquals(-1, linearSearch.find(array, key), "The element should not be found in the array.");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for finding an element in an empty array.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testLinearSearchEmptyArray() {
+        LinearSearch linearSearch = new LinearSearch();
+        Integer[] array = {}; // Empty array
+        Integer key = 1; // Key not present
+        assertEquals(-1, linearSearch.find(array, key), "The element should not be found in an empty array.");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for finding an element in a large array.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testLinearSearchLargeArray() {
+        LinearSearch linearSearch = new LinearSearch();
+        Integer[] array = new Integer[1000];
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+            array[i] = i; // Fill the array with integers 0 to 999
+        }
+        Integer key = 256; // Present in the array
+        assertEquals(256, linearSearch.find(array, key), "The index of the found element should be 256.");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for finding an element in a large array when it is not present.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testLinearSearchLargeArrayNotFound() {
+        LinearSearch linearSearch = new LinearSearch();
+        Integer[] array = new Integer[1000];
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+            array[i] = i; // Fill the array with integers 0 to 999
+        }
+        Integer key = 1001; // Key not present
+        assertEquals(-1, linearSearch.find(array, key), "The element should not be found in the array.");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for finding multiple occurrences of the same element in the array.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testLinearSearchMultipleOccurrences() {
+        LinearSearch linearSearch = new LinearSearch();
+        Integer[] array = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3, 6, 7, 3}; // 3 occurs multiple times
+        Integer key = 3; // Key to find
+        assertEquals(2, linearSearch.find(array, key), "The index of the first occurrence of the element should be 2.");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for performance with random large array.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testLinearSearchRandomArray() {
+        LinearSearch linearSearch = new LinearSearch();
+        Random random = new Random();
+        Integer[] array = random.ints(0, 1000).distinct().limit(1000).boxed().toArray(Integer[] ::new);
+        Integer key = array[random.nextInt(array.length)]; // Key should be in the array
+        assertEquals(java.util.Arrays.asList(array).indexOf(key), linearSearch.find(array, key), "The index of the found element should match.");
+    }
+}