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Hoang_Nguyen1
October 12, 2023
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Restrict copying and sharing on files

  • October 12, 2023
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Have a question about using Figma?
Can i restrict copying and sharing on files with Education Plan?

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    Best answer by djv

    Hey All, thank you so much for your patience and understanding over the past few months while our team worked on this!
     

    We’re happy to share that the “Duplicate to your drafts” option will now appear greyed out whenever you’ve restricted copying; fully aligning the behavior with your sharing settings.

    Please try refreshing your tabs to see the update in effect, and let us know if you notice anything unexpected.

    Again, we appreciate your feedback. It helped my team advocate on your behalf to have the team prioritize the fix! 

    18 replies

    tyq0808
    June 20, 2024

    I use the educational version and I found this problem when I wanted to share the lesson plan with my students. No other members have tested it yet.

    I can create a test link for you to take a look:https://www.figma.com/design/Fqzp5mftLPhc6NRaUPluYG/Untitled?node-id=0-1&t=O4yhzKi5NRdZEAoa-1

    djv
    Figmate
    Community Support
    June 20, 2024

    Thanks, @tyq0808!

    This is definitely related to the bug we’ve recently flagged. We’ll pass this onto the team to continue to investigate and work toward a fix.

    Gao
    July 5, 2024

    I also have permissions from the Education Edition team. Previously, my files were effectively restricted from being copied and exported by viewers. However, recently I discovered that viewers who were originally prohibited can now export and save the files locally. This has caused me losses. If this is a bug, please fix it as soon as possible. If your product intentionally removed the restriction on copying and exporting in the Education Edition, this is truly troubling.

    Nand_Patel
    September 11, 2024

    It became difficult to copy designs, and duplicating was not possible, leading to design delays. I am now looking for an alternative solution to this problem.

    Hiwot Beyene
    New Member
    January 31, 2025

    hey ​@dvaliao is this issue solved yet?

     

    Hiwot Beyene
    New Member
    January 31, 2025

    it is still not working for me

    djv
    Figmate
    Community Support
    January 31, 2025

    Hey All, sorry for the lack of updates! 

    To summarize the issue, the option to restrict copying should work as expected, but the option to copy to drafts will not  be disabled. (This is what our team still needs to build into the current feature, and right now, no progress has been made but it’s still on the team’s radar).

    Please rest-assured that even though users will still see an option to “Duplicate to your drafts”, if you have unchecked the Advanced share setting, anyone who attempts to do so will get an error and will not be able to copy to drafts.

    djv
    Figmate
    djvSolution
    Community Support
    November 12, 2025

    Hey All, thank you so much for your patience and understanding over the past few months while our team worked on this!
     

    We’re happy to share that the “Duplicate to your drafts” option will now appear greyed out whenever you’ve restricted copying; fully aligning the behavior with your sharing settings.

    Please try refreshing your tabs to see the update in effect, and let us know if you notice anything unexpected.

    Again, we appreciate your feedback. It helped my team advocate on your behalf to have the team prioritize the fix!