Remove or adjust access
Who can use this feature
Supported on any teams or plans.
Team admins, owners, and anyone with can edit access or Admins can adjust file and project permissions.
Only team admins can adjust people's Figma design and FigJam roles in the team or organization.
In this article, we'll cover how to remove or adjust people's access to individual files or projects. If you want to remove someone from a team or organization, follow the guides below:
Tip! For more information on access and permissions, read our Guide to sharing and permissions →
Projects
Adjust or remove permissions
If you've invited someone to a project, they will have explicit permissions on that project. You can adjust their permissions to upgrade, downgrade, or remove their access to files in that project.
Note: If someone has access to the team, removing them from the project will only remove their explicit access to the project. They can still access and interact with the project based on their team permissions.
Starter or Education
- Click the Share button in the top-right corner.
- Click the member's current permissions
- Select Can view to remove their edit access. They can still view and comment on any files and prototypes.
- Select Can edit to grant them edit access to any files in this project.
- Select Remove to remove their access to the project.
Professional, Organization, or Enterprise
In Professional, Organization, or Enterprise teams, a person's permissions on the projects will determine their maximum access to the files in that project.
People have both a Figma design and FigJam role. Only people with editor roles on a product can edit file of that type.
For example: Jenny works at an agency and is helping the team build out their design system. The team owner gave Jenny edit access to the Design system project, an editor role on Figma design, and a viewer-restricted role on FigJam. Even though she has edit access to the project, she can only edit the Figma design files in that project.
- Click the Share button in the top-right corner.
- Click the member's current permissions
- Select Can view to remove their edit access. They can still view and comment on any files and prototypes.
- Select Can edit to grant them edit access to any files in this project. Whether they can edit files in this project will depend on their Figma design or FigJam role.
- Select Remove to remove their access to the project.
- Team or organization admins can adjust the person's role for FigJam and Figma design files:
Adjust team access
Professional teams can also adjust the team's access to the project.
This allows people to restrict access to specific project, as well as give members permissions on a project that differ from their team permissions.
To adjust or remove team access for a project:
- Open the project in the file browser.
- Click the Share button in the top-right corner.
- Click Members of team name and select the team access.
- Can view: Only the project creator or owner can edit a view-only project. Team members can only view files in this project, even if they have
can edit
permissions on the team. - Can edit: The default permission for team projects. Members can access projects based on their team-level permissions and their FigJam or Figma design role.
- Remove team access: If you create an invite-only project, team members won't have access to this project. To give them access, invite them to the project with
can view
orcan edit
access. Invite to projects, files, and prototypes →
- Can view: Only the project creator or owner can edit a view-only project. Team members can only view files in this project, even if they have
Team permissions |
Project permissions |
File or project access |
Can view |
Can view |
View files only |
Can view |
Can edit |
Edit project and files |
Can view |
Invite-only |
View only (if invited) |
Can edit |
Can view |
View only |
Can edit |
Can edit |
Edit project and files |
Can edit |
Invite-only |
Can edit (if invited) |
Files
Note: If someone has access to the team, removing them from the file will only remove their explicit access on that file. They can still access and interact with the file based on their team permissions.
Manage access to files and prototypes from the file's share modal. Open the share modal:
- A
Toolbar in a file
Click the Share button in the toolbar. You'll find this in the top-right corner of the file or prototype.
- B
File browser
- Right-click on the file.
- Select Share from the options.
Team permissions |
File permissions |
Role |
File access |
Can view |
Can view |
Viewer-restricted |
View only |
Can view |
Can view |
Editor |
View only |
Can view |
Can edit |
Viewer-restricted |
View only |
Can view |
Can edit |
Editor |
Can edit |
Can edit |
Can view |
Viewer-restricted |
View only |
Can edit |
Can view |
Editor |
Can edit |
Can edit |
Can edit |
Viewer-restricted |
View only |
Can edit |
Can edit |
Editor |
Can edit |
Adjust or remove access
If you've invited someone to a file, they will have explicit permissions on that file. You can adjust their permissions on the file to upgrade, downgrade, or remove their access to that file.
When you remove someone's access to a file, Figma will prevent them from being able to view or edit the file. If they access the file via the URL, they will see a 404 error message.
Starter or Education
- Click the Share button in the toolbar.
- Click the member's current access .
- Select Can view to remove their edit access. They can still view and comment on the file and any prototypes.
- Select Can edit to grant them edit access to the file. In Figma design files, they'll also be able to create and view prototypes for that file.
- Select Owner to transfer ownership of the file to this member. This will also give them edit access to the file.
- Select Remove to remove their access to the file.
- Click ✕ to close the share modal and return to the file.
Note: If someone has access to the team, removing them from the file will only remove their explicit access to the file. They can still access and interact with the file based on their team permissions.
Professional, Organization, or Enterprise
In Professional, Organization, and Enterprise teams, a person's permissions on the file will determine the maximum access to their file.
People have both a Figma design and FigJam role. Only people with editor roles on a product can edit file of that type.
For example: Jenny has can edit access to the team, an editor role on FigJam and a viewer-restricted role on Figma design. Even though she has edit access to the team, she can only edit the team's FigJam files.
- Click the Share button in the toolbar.
- Click the team member's permissions .
- Select Can view to remove their edit access. They can still view and comment on the file and any prototypes.
- Select Can edit to grant them edit access to any files in this project. Whether they can edit the file will depend on their Figma design or FigJam role.
- Select Owner to transfer ownership of the file to this member. This will also give them edit access to the file.
- Select Remove to remove their access to the file.
- Select Remove from the options
- Click ✕ to close the share modal and return to the file.
- Team or organization admins can adjust the person's role for FigJam and Figma design files:
Remove link sharing
Outside of team or explicit access to a file, file’s also have link sharing settings. This allows you to quickly share links to files and set default permissions for anyone who accesses a file this way.
Disable link sharing to prevent anyone from accessing the file without explicit or inherited permissions.
- Click the Share button in the toolbar.
- Click the link sharing setting.
- Select Only people invited to this file to remove link sharing. Only team members and anyone you invite to the file or project can access the file.
- Click ✕ to close the share modal and return to the file.
Note: Want to adjust the link sharing settings for a file? Your link sharing options will depend on the type of file and your plan: Share or embed your files and prototypes →