Before you start
Who can use this feature
Available on any paid plan
Only team admins can manage default libraries for the team
Team admins can choose which libraries are available in team files. This allows you to quickly share styles, components and variables across team files. Libraries are available in Figma Design, FigJam, Figma Slides, and Figma Buzz files.
Note: You need to publish styles, components and variables to your library before you can enable them as a default library.
Manage team libraries
Manage team libraries in the team's settings.
- 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.
- Select All projects.
- Click Open team dropdown next to the team name and select View settings.
- Under Libraries or Shared, click the View team's libraries option.
- View a list of available libraries in the library modal. Every library corresponds to a file with published styles, components and variables.
- Click the library name to view assets in that library.
- Click Off next to the library to adjust.
- Choose which files to make the library available in:
- Design files
- FigJam boards
- Slide decks
- Buzz files
- All files
- To remove a library from your files, click next to the current setting and select Off.
- 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.
- Navigate to a team page.
- Organization or Enterprise plan (without workspaces): Select All teams from the left sidebar. Then, select a team.
- Enterprise plan (with workspaces): Select All workspaces from the left sidebar. Select a workspace, then select a team.
- Click Open team dropdown next to the team name and select View settings.
- Under Libraries or Shared, click the Enable libraries option.
- View a list of available libraries in the library modal. Every library corresponds to a file with published styles, components and variables.
- Click the library name to view assets in that library.
- Click Off next to the library to adjust.
- Choose which files to make the library available in:
- Design files
- FigJam boards
- Slide decks
- Buzz files
- All files
- To remove a library from your files, click next to the current setting and select Off.
Note: On the Enterprise plan, you can set a default mode for the team if the library contains a variable collection with at least two modes.
For example, you might have a variable collection that contains spacing values for different screen sizes. The variable collection might have three modes: desktop, tablet, and mobile.
If your workspace is dedicated to mobile apps, you could set the default mode to mobile. When someone creates a new file in the workspace, the page level default mode is set to mobile and applies to all variables used on the page. People can always switch to another mode if they need to.
Learn how to set a default mode at the team or workspace level.
Tip: Admins can manage a team's access to UI kits from the team's libraries settings. Admins can also disable or enable the UI kit feature for an entire team or organization. Learn more about UI kits and how to toggle their access →
Access team libraries
Design files
When you make a library available in a design file, you can:
- Find and apply styles using the style pickers in the right sidebar. Apply styles to layers in Figma Design →
- Drag components into the canvas from the Assets panel in the left sidebar. Click to select variants of a component. Add components to your designs →
- Review any variables published in the library whether they are included as a style or are mapped to a property in a component. Apply variables to designs →
FigJam files
Access components, along with stickers curated by Figma, from the library tool. Use stickers and components from libraries →
Slide decks
When you make a library available for Figma Slides, you can access components, apply variables, and apply styles to your Slide deck.
Figma Buzz files
When you make a library available in a Figma Buzz file, you can:
- Find an apply styles to fonts and colors when using the toolbar by selecting Apply styles and variables.
- Use the Inserts menu to add components to your file. You can also swap between variants of the component.
More resources
Watch the video below to learn more about team libraries.
Note: This video explains a feature using Figma's old interface. For examples of the new interface, UI3, see the content in this article.