Manage team and organization profiles

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• Create a Community profile

  Before you start

  Who can use this feature

  Supported on any team or plan.

  Anyone with a Figma account can create a Community profile.

  Anyone on any plan can create and update team profiles.

  Organization admins can create and update the Community profile for an organization.

  Community profiles allow you to browse and interact with the Figma Community. You don't need a profile to duplicate Community files or install plugins or widgets. You do need a profile to:

  • Publish files, plugins, and widgets
  • Like or comment on files, plugins, and widgets
  • Follow other creator profiles

  Create individual Community profiles for your Figma accounts, or use one profile across all your Figma accounts.

  Note: If you already have a Community profile, you can connect it to your other Figma accounts. Manage Community profiles and settings →

  Admin profiles

  If you're an admin of a team or organization, you can create and manage a Community profile for that team or organization. This allows you to manage resources and browse the Community as that team or organization. Team or organization Community admins →

  Some Community actions are only available on specific profile types. This is something to take into account when deciding what kind of profile to create. Learn more about Community publishing permissions →

  Action	Creator profile	Team profile	Organization profile
  Install plugin for yourself	✓	✕	✕
  Install plugin for an organization	✕	✕	✓
  Like a file or plugin	✓	✕	✕
  Duplicate Community files	✓	✕	✕
  Follow Community profiles	✓	✕	✕
  Merge Community profiles	✓	✕	✕
  Add comments to resources	✓	✕	✕
  Edit Community profile ↓	✓	✓	✓
  Manage published files and plugins ↓	✓	✓	✓
  Manage Community profile settings	✓	✕	✕

  Note: Organization profiles are only available for teams on the Organization plan. Compare teams and plans →

  Register a profile handle

  Every Community profile has a unique profile handle, which Figma uses to identify each creator in the Community. Register a profile handle to create a profile and join the Community.

  You can use up to 15 alphanumeric characters in your handle, including underscores _. Figma will check if a handle is still available. If it's not available, Figma will ask you to choose another.

  Tip: In some cases, you may be able to claim a profile handle that’s in use on an inactive account. To inquire about claiming a handle, contact Figma Support.

  Creator

  Register or update your profile handle from your account settings. 

  1. In the file browser, click your profile picture in the top-right.
  2. Select Settings from the account menu, then select the Community tab.
  3. Under the Unique handle setting, click Set profile handle.
  4. Enter your desired handle in the field provided and click Submit to confirm.

  Team

  Claim a profile handle for the team from the Settings tab of your team:

  1. Click the team name in the file browser and select the Settings tab.
  2. In the Team settings section, select Set profile handle.
  3. Enter your desired handle in the field provided and click Submit to confirm.

  Organization

  Claim a profile handle for the organization from the organization's Admin settings.

  1. From the file browser, select Admin settings.
  2. Select the Settings tab and select Organization profile.
  3. Enter your desired handle in the field provided and click Submit to confirm.

  Update Community profile

  Open the Community profile for an individual, team, or organization from the file browser. This lets you preview the profile in the Community and make any changes to the profile.

  Tip! Want to add connected accounts or merge Community profiles? Read our Manage Community profiles and settings article.

  Creator Team Organization

  Creator

  1. Open Figma in the file browser.
  2. Click your profile picture in the top-right to open the account menu.
  3. Select Community profile to open your profile in the file browser.

  Team

  1. Select the team in the sidebar.
  2. Click the team's profile handle under Public community profile. The link will look like this: figma.com/@teamhandle

  Organization

  1. From the file browser, click All teams or All workspaces.
  2. Click the organization's profile handle under Public community profile. The link will look like this: figma.com/@organizationhandle

  Figma shows any files or plugins published to that Community profile. This includes any files, widgets, or plugins you or your team/organization has been listed as a creator on.

  Add some extra information to introduce yourself or the team/organization.

  1. Profile picture: This can be different than your internal profile picture. Click on your profile picture to upload a new image. Image dimensions must be at least 500 x 500 px.
  2. Cover artwork: Hover over the cover photo and click to upload cover artwork.
  3. Bio: Add a brief description of up to 160 characters.
  4. Location: Click to add or update the location of the creator, team, or organization.
  5. Websites: Click to add or update the website. This can be a link to a business website or support page. There are dedicated fields for Twitter and Instagram.

  

  Manage resources

  Your profile will show any files, plugins, and widgets you've been listed as a creator or contributor on. Choose which files and plugins appear on the profile:

  • Publish Community files
  • Make plugins for the Figma Community
  • Remove or unpublish Community files
  • Remove published plugins
  • Remove published widgets

  Want to manage your connected profiles or other Community settings? Check out our Manage Community settings article.

• Add or remove profile connections

  Who can use this feature

  Supported on any team or plan.

  Only you can manage your Community profile and settings.

  Connect your Community profile and access the Community across multiple Figma accounts, from a single profile. Adding a profile connection allows you to:

  • Publish content to a single profile across different Figma accounts
  • Follow, like, and comment without having to switch between profiles
  • Merge existing Community profiles from separate Figma accounts
  • Move your Community profile to a different Figma account

  Add profile connection

  Before you can connect an account to your Community profile, you'll need to log in to your accounts in Figma. If you have multiple accounts you want to connect, we recommend logging in to all of these accounts. Add or log in to accounts →

  1. Open the account menu in the top-right corner and select Settings.
  2. Select the Community tab.
  3. In the Profile connections section, select Add profile connection.
  4. Select the Figma account you want to add and click Connect. If an account isn't showing up here, make sure you're logged into that account in Figma.
  5. If there isn't a Community profile connected to that account, Figma will add the selected account to your connected profiles.

  Merge profiles

  If you add an account with an existing Community profile, Figma will ask you to merge your profiles. Merging profiles will:

  • Combine your follows lists, likes, comments and notifications under a single profile. Access any files and public plugins you've published from a single profile.
  • Make your installed plugins available across your connected accounts. If you're an organization member, you can only use private plugins in the organization
  • Delete the profile and handle that you don't want to use and make the handle available for another member to use.

  Caution: Once a profile has been merged, there is no way to go reverse the action and return to the previous state.

  1. Select Continue to begin the selection process.
  2. Select the profile handle you'd like to use. You will lose the profile handle you don't choose making it possible for other members to claim it.
  3. Click Merge profiles to confirm. Figma will add the selected account to your connected profiles.

  Tip! The profile picture for your Community profile is separate to your Figma account. You can update your profile picture on your Community profile. Learn how to preview and edit your profile →

  Remove connected profile

  Remove a connected profile to disconnect it from your Community profile. If you have merged Community profiles in the past, removing a connected profile won't undo the merge.

  1. Open the account switcher in the top-right corner and select Settings > Community.
  2. In the Profile connections section, click next to the account you'd like to remove.