Updates to how drafts work

We want to improve clarity and consistency across Figma. Previously, drafts existed outside of any team, which made ownership unclear and created friction when trying to collaborate or manage files. By associating drafts with specific teams, it’s easier to find, manage, and share your files securely.

These changes will go into effect starting on October 9, 2025, and will roll out over a few weeks.

If you didn’t move them manually before migration, Figma will move them for you. You can find them in the Drafts section of:

• Your existing Starter team — if you only own one Starter team at the time of migration.
• A new, free Starter team — created for you and marked with a “New” badge, if you had multiple teams or no teams.
• Your Drafts space in your organization — if you’re part of a domain-captured organization with external collaboration controls (ECC) or using Figma for Government.

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If you didn’t already have a team to house your drafts, we will create a free Starter team for you. This team functions just like any other Starter team. You can move your drafts into a project to collaborate or keep them in Drafts for personal work.

Learn more about the Starter plan.

To move a draft from one of your teams to another:

1. In the file browser, find the file you want to move.
2. Right click the file thumbnail and select Move file…
3. Select the All tab to see a list of all your teams.
4. Select a team, then select either that team’s Drafts space or a project.
5. Click Move.

Learn more about moving files.

When you transfer a team, all its projects and files will move to the recipient’s organization.

When accepting the transfer, the recipient can choose whether to keep or remove access for everyone from the sending team or organization. The admin of the receiving plan must approve the transfer.

There are three steps to transfer a team:

1. The recipient provides a URL for the destination organization
2. The sender makes a transfer request
3. The recipient accepts the transfer request

Learn more about how to transfer a team.

You can choose to transfer the project from the new Starter team to another paid plan on your account. Typically, transferring a project requires a paid plan. If this migration creates an additional Starter team for you, we’re making an exception to allow you to preserve and organize your work as you see fit.

When you transfer a project, all its files will move to the recipient’s team or organization.

When accepting the transfer, the admin of the receiving plan is required to accept the transfer. The recipient can choose whether to keep or remove access for everyone from the sending team or organization.

There are three steps to transfer a project:

1. The recipient chooses a location for the project
2. The sender makes a transfer request
3. The recipient accepts the transfer request

Learn more about how to transfer a project.

You can select which files you want to move between teams by downloading and importing them manually.

To save a local copy of a file:

1. Open the file you want to export.
2. Click Main menu.
3. Go to File > Save local copy to download a copy of the file to your downloads folder.

To import a local copy of a file:

1. Open the Figma account you want to import the file to.
2. Drag the file into the file browser.

Learn more about saving local copies of files.

To switch between different teams on your account:

1. Open the file browser by logging in to your account at figma.com.
   • If you’re in a file, click the Figma menu > Back to files.
2. Click the dropdown menu next to your team name on the left sidebar to see a list of your teams.
3. Select a team.

Learn more about using the file browser.

Each team has its own Drafts tab which holds all your draft files associated with that team.

To view your drafts:

1. Open the file browser by logging in to your account at figma.com.
   • If you’re in a file, click the Figma menu > Back to files.
2. Click the dropdown menu next to your team name on the left sidebar to see a list of your teams.
3. Select a team.
4. Click the Drafts tab.

• Drafts are private to you and live in your team’s Drafts space. You can experiment, create, and iterate here.
  • Drafts on the Starter plan do not support collaboration with other editors, although they can be shared with unlimited viewers.
  • When ready, you can move a draft to a project to collaborate with your team.
• Files live in your team’s projects and support real-time collaboration with unlimited editors.

Learn more about files, drafts, and projects.

If a Starter team has the Locked label, it means the team has exceeded the limits of the plan. To understand why, navigate to the team with the label and click the banner at the top of the page. You’ll see advice for how to unlock the team.