Create a team in an organization – Figma Learn - Help Center

Who can use this feature

Available on the Organization and Enterprise plans

Members and admins can create teams within the organization

In a Figma organization, teams are designated spaces for projects and files.

Members can create as many teams in an organization as they need. They can also join multiple teams, making it possible to work cross-functionally and share resources.

Note: In February 2024, we revised the terminology for team access settings. This name change does not affect the core functionality of teams.

Learn more about team access updates →

Create a team

Unless an admin has restricted team creation, any member of an organization can create a team. Guests aren't able to create teams in the organization.

When you create a team, you’ll need to set audience access to determine who can access the team.

[Organization name]: Anyone in the organization can access the team.
Only those invited: Only users explicitly invited to the team can access it. You’ll need to choose from one of the following visibility options:
- Visible: The team can be found by organization members in the file browser. Members can ask for permission to join a visible team.
- Hidden: The team cannot be found in the file browser. Members must be invited by an existing member.

If the team is open to anyone in the organization, you’ll also need to choose what permissions team members have for team files:

Edit: People can create, edit and delete files when they join the team.
View: People can only view files and must ask for permission to edit them.

To create a team:

From the file browser, click All teams.
Click the New team button in the top-right corner.
Enter a name for the team, set the audience access and permissions, and click Next.
Enter the names of people you’d like to invite to the team (optional).
Press Create team.

From the file browser, click All workspaces.
Navigate to the workspace where you'd like to create a team and click into it.
Click the New team button in the top-right corner.
Enter a name for the team, set the audience access and permissions, and click Next.
Enter the names of people you’d like to invite to the team (optional).
Press Create team.

Tip: Organization admins can also create new teams from Admin.

Open Admin and click the Content tab.
At the top of the team list, click Create new team.

Updates to team access terminology

Note: These updates are rolling out throughout the course of February and March, 2024. If you don’t see them in your account, they will be available soon.

We revised the terminology used for team access settings in order to create a more consistent experience when setting access for files, projects, and teams.

Previously, we used the terms open, closed, and secret to define team access.
Now, we use audience access and permissions to define team access.

Previous setting	New setting
Team access: Open Permissions: New members can edit	Who can access: [Organization name] What they can do: Edit
Team access: Open Permissions: New members can view	Who can access: [Organization name] What they can do: View
Team access: Closed	Who can access: Only those invited Visibility: Visible
Team access: Secret	Who can access: Only those invited Visibility: Hidden

Additionally, the following change has been made:

Previously, organization members were required to explicitly join a team in order to fully exercise the can view/can edit permission that was set for them on that team.
Now, when team access is set to [Organization name], organization members can automatically view or edit teams, depending on the permission that is set. They no longer need to explicitly click join the team to exercise these actions.

Otherwise, this update does not affect the core functionality or permissions of teams.

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Create a team

Updates to team access terminology