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Stephen_Moy1
New Member
August 28, 2024
Question

Replacing an image/video by copy/paste from desktop now renames the layer?

  • August 28, 2024
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If I use “ctrl + c” to copy a file from my computer, then select the layer in Figma I want to update and use “ctrl +v” to paste/replace it. The layer will inherit the name of the file on the desktop. So if it’s “IMG_ASD123” the Figma layer changes to be named this instead of what it was labeled in Figma.

Is this a recent update? It never used to happen?

It’s a bit frustrating as I used to name my layers “Asset (3:4)” or whatnot to indicate to dev what the ratio of the asset was but now I need to keep renaming it everytime I copy/paste a new assets onto the layer.

Is there a way to disable this at all?

Thanks in advance! 🙂

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Jolie
New Member
July 21, 2025

Hi I found this thread after looking up this same issue because it was renaming layers but now is not.

Our team was using this ‘feature/bug’ to keep track of media assets and which versions were being used.

Whatever fix is made by the figma team, is it possible to preserve the information somewhere else so at least it is possible to use a plugin to rename the media file according to the source name? Or have this be a function that can be toggled.

djv
Figmate
Community Support
July 22, 2025

Hi ​@Jolie, thanks for the feedback! 

I’ll pass this onto the team for consideration.