Team permissions

Before you start

Who can use this feature

Available on all plans

Team admins, owners, and anyone with can edit team access can adjust team permissions

Teams are dedicated spaces for organizing and collaborating on projects and files.

This article reviews team permissions. To learn more about file permissions, project permissions, or sharing files in Figma, check out Guide to sharing and permissions.

Team permissions

Team permissions define what actions someone can take at the team level—such as creating projects, inviting members, or changing team settings.

In addition to can view and can edit permissions, a team member can be an owner or an admin:

• Admin: Admins are team members that have extra administrative right within the team. This allows them to manage any team settings, including any shared libraries. On the Professional plan, team admins also manage the team's subscription.
• Owner: Every team, project, or file has an owner. There is only one owner per team. The owner is the person that created the team, but ownership can also be transferred.

The table below outlines which team actions are available for each permission level:

Action	Can view	Can edit	Team admin/Owner
Invite others to the team	With can view permissions only	Included	Included
Create projects	Not included	Included	Included
Move files and projects	Not included	Included	Included
Delete team files or projects	Not included	Included	Included
Update team names or descriptions	Not included	Included	Included
Remove members from the team	Not included	Included	Included
Change the team name, icon, or description	Not included	Included	Included
Update collaborator permissions on the team	Not included	Included	Included
Manage Community profile for team	Not included	Not included	Included
Choose default libraries for the team (paid plans)	Not included	Not included	Included
Transfer ownership of the team	Not included	Not included	Only the team owner can transfer ownership
Delete team	Not included	Not included	Included
Upload and manage team fonts (Organization and Enterprise plans only)	Not included	Not included	Included
Manage seats (billing status)	Not included	Not included	Included Team admins, Professional plan only
View, manage, and upgrade the team's subscription	Not included	Not included	Included Starter and Professional plan only

Inherited vs. explicit permissions

By default, when someone is invited to a team, their file and project permissions inherit from their team permissions.

You can override someone's inherited permissions by editing their permissions on that file.

Change team permissions

To change a user’s team permissions:

1. Open the file browser by logging in to your account at figma.com.
   • If you’re in a Figma file, click the Figma menu > Back to files.
2. Navigate to the team:
   • On the Starter or Professional plan, select All projects from the left sidebar.
   • On the Organization or Enterprise plan without workspaces enabled, 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. Next to the team name, click Open team dropdown.
4. Select View members.
5. Use the dropdown next to each user to update their team permissions. Click Remove to remove a member from the team.

Organization access to teams

On the Organization and Enterprise plans, teams are created within organizations.

When you create a team, you’ll choose how others in your organization can access it via the Who can access dropdown.

• Only those invited: Only people you explicitly invite can access the team. Then, control if people in your team who haven’t been invited can discover the file by setting team visibility:
  • Visible: Members can discover and request access in the file browser.
  • Hidden: The team cannot be found by search. Members must be invited by an existing member.
• [Organization name]: Select your organization name to allow members to access the team via link or through the file browser. You’ll also choose a permission level (”What they can do”):
  • View: Organization members can view and comment on files in this team.
  • Edit: Organization members can create/edit files, add members, and manage team permissions.

Change organization access to a team

To change the organization access level to a team:

1. Open the file browser by logging in to your account at figma.com.
   • If you’re in a Figma file, click the Figma menu > Back to files.
2. Open a team page.
   • On the Organization or Enterprise plan without workspaces enabled, 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. Select a workspace, then select a team.
3. Click  Open team dropdown next to the team name and select View settings.
4. In the Access section, click Change to open the Access settings modal.
5. Set new access settings and click Save.

Team permission FAQs