Manage Community profiles and settings
Who can use this feature
Supported on any team or plan.
Only you can manage your Community profile and settings.
Manage your Community settings in the Community tab of your account settings:
- Open the account switcher in the top-right corner of the page and select Settings
- In the settings modal, select the Community tab.
Add profile connections
Connect your Community profiles to interact with the Community from a single profile.
- Merge existing Community profiles under separate Figma accounts
- Publish content to a single profile across different Figma accounts
- Follow, like, and comment without having to switch between profiles
Note: You'll need to add the Figma account to your workspace before you can connect it to a Community profile. Learn how to add and log in to accounts →
- Open the account menu in the top-right corner and select Settings.
- Select the Community tab.
- In the Profile connections section, select Add profile connection.
- Select the Figma account you want to add and click Connect. If an account doesn't have a Community profile, you won't see it as an option.
- If there are no conflicts, Figma will add the selected account to your connected profiles.
Merge profiles
If you add an account with an existing Community profile, Figma will ask you to merge your profiles. Merging profiles will:
- Combine your follows lists, likes, comments and notifications under a single profile. Access any files and public plugins you've published from a single profile.
- Make your installed plugins available across your connected accounts. If you're an organization member, you can only use private plugins in the organization workspace
- Delete the profile and handle that you don't want to use and make the handle available for another member to use.
Caution: it's not possible to undo a profile merge. Once you have merged a profile, there is no way to go reverse the action and return to the previous state.
- Select Continue to begin the selection process.
- Select the profile handle you'd like to use. You will lose the profile handle you don't choose making it possible for other members to claim it.
- Click Merge profiles to confirm. Figma will add the selected account to your connected profiles.
Tip! The profile picture for your Community profile is separate to your Figma account. You can update your profile picture on your Community profile. Learn how to preview and edit your profile →
Remove connected profile
Remove a connected profile to disconnect it from your Community profile. If you have merged Community profiles in the past, removing a connected profile won't undo the merge.
- Open the account switcher in the top-right corner and select Settings > Community.
- In the Profile connections section, click next to the account you'd like to remove.
Manage primary email
Choose the primary email for your Community profile. Figma will use this email address for:
- Any Community notifications
- Your display name and profile picture
You can update this setting when you leave a team or organization. This make sure your Community profile and notifications are linked to an account you have ownership of.
To set an email address as your primary email, you need to add the associated Figma account as a Profile connection ↑
- Open the account switcher in the top-right corner and select Settings > Community.
- Under the Primary email setting, click to open the primary email menu.
- Select the email address you want to use as your primary email.
Manage Community notifications
Figma will send you in-app notifications for activity related to the Community. You can choose whether to also receive the following email notifications:
- Comments left on your files and plugins
- Replies to your comments (including on other creator's files)
- A weekly summary of Community engagement (with your files, plugins, and profile)
Scroll down to the Community notifications section:
- Check the box for any email notifications you'd like to receive.
- Uncheck the box for any email notification you don't want to receive.
Learn more about notifications →
Delete profile
Delete your profile to remove your public Community profile. This won't delete your Figma account or affect your internal profile.
Deleting a profile will:
- Unpublish any files or plugins you have published. You can still access files and plugins within your account.
- Remove you as a creator from files and plugins you contributed to. This won't unpublish those files or plugins you've contributed to.
- Make your @handle available to other member of the Community.
- Open the account switcher in the top-right corner and select Settings > Community.
- Scroll down to the Profile section and click Delete public profile.
