Create and manage folders

Folders help you organize your files. You can color-code them, control who can access their contents, and on paid plans, nest them up to ten levels deep.

On the Professional, Organization, or Enterprise plan, you can create unlimited folders.

On the Starter plan, you can only have one folder. This means you need to delete a folder before you can create another one.

Create a folder

To create a new folder:

1. Open the file browser by logging in to your account at figma.com. If you’re in a specific Figma file, click the Figma menu > Back to files.
2. Open a team or plan page.
   • On the Starter or Professional plan, select All folders from the left sidebar.
   • On the Organization or Enterprise plan, select All teams from the left sidebar and select a team.
   • On the Enterprise plan with workspaces enabled, select All workspaces from the left sidebar. Then, select a team from the Your teams tab.
3. Decide where to create the folder.
   1. To create a top-level folder, click + Folder.
   2. To create a nested folder, click into a folder. Then, select + Create > Folder.
4. Enter a name for the folder and click the folder icon to change the icon color.
5. Select an option from the Who has access dropdown to determine who from your organization, workspace, or plan can access the folder. (Learn more about folder permissions.)
6. Click Continue.
7. [Optional] Enter in the email addresses of any users or user groups you would like to directly invite to the folder, and set their folder permissions.
8. Click Create.

Update folder name or description

To update the name or description of a folder:

1. Open the file browser by logging in to your account at figma.com. If you’re inside a file, click the Figma menu > Back to files.
2. View a list of folders on your plan or team.
   • On the Starter or Professional plan, select All folders from the left sidebar.
   • On the Organization or Enterprise plan, select All teams from the left sidebar. Then, select a team.
   • On the Enterprise plan with workspaces enabled, select All workspaces from the left sidebar. Then, select a team from the Your teams tab.
3. Open the folder you want to update.
4. Next to the folder name, click Open folder dropdown.
5. Click Settings.
6. Update the folder name or description.
7. Click Save.

Change a folder’s color

To update the color of the icon for a folder:

1. Open the file browser by logging in to your account at figma.com.
   • If you’re inside a file, click the Figma menu > Back to files.
2. View a list of folders on your plan or team.
   • On the Starter or Professional plan, select All folders from the left sidebar.
   • On the Organization or Enterprise plan, select All teams from the left sidebar. Then, select a team.
   • On the Enterprise plan with workspaces enabled, select All workspaces from the left sidebar. Then, select a team from the Your teams tab.
3. Open the folder.
4. Next to the folder name, click Open folder dropdown.
5. Select Change folder color.
6. Select a new folder icon color.

Share a folder

You can invite users to an existing folder at any time.

• If you have can edit permissions on a folder, you can invite other users to the folder with can edit or can view permissions.
• If you have can view permissions on a folder, you can only invite others with can view permissions.

Learn more about folder permissions.

To invite others to a folder:

1. Open the file browser by logging in to your account at figma.com.
   • If you’re inside a file, click the Figma menu > Back to files.
2. View a list of folders on your plan or team.
   • On the Starter or Professional plan, select All folders from the left sidebar.
   • On the Organization or Enterprise plan, select All teams from the left sidebar. Then, select a team.
   • On the Enterprise plan with workspaces enabled, select All workspaces from the left sidebar. Then, select a team from the Your teams tab.
3. Open the folder.
4. Click Share.
5. In the Share modal, enter an email address or user group name in the invite field, then set their folder permissions.
6. Click Invite.

You can also click Copy link from the share modal to share a direct link to the folder. When someone opens the link, they'll see the folder according to their existing access level, as determined by the Who has access settings on the folder.

Folder permissions

When you share a folder, you choose what that person can do with the files inside it. Nested folders inherit access from their parent folder by default—so if someone has access to a parent folder, they automatically have access to its nested folders too.

For a full breakdown of folder permission types and how they interact with team and organization-level access, see File and folder permissions.

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