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Corey_Anders
October 19, 2023
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[Launched] Organize Figma Files into Folders

  • October 19, 2023
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How can I better organize all of my Figma files. Currently, everything I have ever created is just listed in chronological order. I would like to organize in folders. I have read that I can organize in projects but I don’t see how to do that. How do I create projects within a project?

For example, I would like to have a project named “Hospital” where I put all of the designs I do for the hospital. Underneath/inside hospital, I would like to have sub folders/projects like

  • Posters
  • Mobile Apps
  • Intranet Designs
  • Website Designs

Is this possible?

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    Best answer by Tom Reem

    Hi ​@Corey_Anders and everyone following this thread — following up here with an update, since this is now possible.

    Figma is rolling out nested folders, so you can build the structure you described: Hospital → Print Designs → Flyers → Christmas 2023. Projects are now folders, and on paid plans you can nest them up to 10 levels deep (the Starter plan supports a single folder). You can also give folders colors to tell them apart at a glance.

    The full announcement, with a place to ask the product team questions during the rollout, is here: Rolling out: Projects become folders 📂 ✨

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    Emmanuel8
    Emmanuel8
    October 20, 2023

    Hello, Corey. Yes, this is possible. At your Team Page, you’ll see a CTA button with “+ Project”. There, you can create a project (in this case, a folder), where you can organize all your files, by “projects”.

    I hope this helps.

      Corey_AndersAuthor
      October 30, 2023

      This is such a weird way to organize. Can I have projects within projects? I would like for it to work like folders where I can have projects inside projects:

      Hospital>Print Designs>Flyers>Christmas2023

      I can’t see how to do sub-projects

        Celine_
        Figmate
        Celine_
        Community Support
        October 30, 2023

        Hi Corey_Anders, thank you for your feedback! Not at this moment, we can’t create sub-projects.
        For instance with Professional plan, you can have one main team and several Projects (aka folders) as you want within that one team. You can then put however many files as you want within a Project (but not sub-projects).

        Still, others in the community have requested something similar, feel free to vote up and share your feedback here:

          Corey_AndersAuthor
          November 6, 2023

          But I can’t have sub-projects correct? I’m thinking this is why people save their projects to their desktops so they can organize them in folders on their desktop.

          Celine_
          Figmate
          Celine_
          Community Support
          November 6, 2023

          Yes, I confirm at the moment, you can’t have the sub-project. We’ll pass it along to our team for consideration.

            Bibiana_Aguero
            May 20, 2024

            Hello @Celine_Figma What was the outcome of your request for sub-projects?

            My team and I are saving documents from Whimsical into Figma. We would like to know how we can keep the same folder structure for our files and import them in, but we saw that there is no folder creation functionality where we can store our files. Is this an item that has been addressed by Figma’s team?

              Swati_Mehta
              Swati_Mehta
              October 8, 2024

              Would love a way to tag, folder or create sections like pinterest within a project folder to keep things neat and organized!

                Luke-Itineris
                Luke-Itineris
                Active Member
                February 18, 2025

                Has this been actioned yet? ​@Celine_D 

                Celine_
                Figmate
                Celine_
                Community Support
                February 19, 2025

                Hey everyone,

                This hasn't been actioned yet, but our team is still actively exploring it.

                Please see the message from our PM:

                 


                Also, please continue sharing your feedback in this thread: Create Folders/Categories/Tag for Files , so we can gather all input in one place and gauge overall interest.
                I’ve gone ahead to close the topic here. Thanks for your understanding! 

                Tom Reem
                Figmate
                Tom ReemAnswer
                Figmate
                August 4, 2026

                Hi ​@Corey_Anders and everyone following this thread — following up here with an update, since this is now possible.

                Figma is rolling out nested folders, so you can build the structure you described: Hospital → Print Designs → Flyers → Christmas 2023. Projects are now folders, and on paid plans you can nest them up to 10 levels deep (the Starter plan supports a single folder). You can also give folders colors to tell them apart at a glance.

                The full announcement, with a place to ask the product team questions during the rollout, is here: Rolling out: Projects become folders 📂 ✨

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