Enable a library for a team
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. This applies to both Figma Design and FigJam 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. Make libraries available in Design files, FigJam files, or All files.
- From the file browser, click All projects.
- Click the dropdown menu 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 files
- Slide decks
- All files
- To remove a library from your files, click next to the current setting and select Off.
- Navigate to the team in your organization.
- Click the dropdown menu 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 files
- Slide decks
- 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.
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 →
Note: This video explains a feature using Figma's old interface. For examples of the new interface, UI3, see the content in this article.