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Hi Figma Support Team,

While offboarding from a client project as an external contractor, I attempted to download files that I had been invited to collaborate on via the organization's Figma workspace. I was closing down my workspace tabs as part of my offboarding process.

I initiated the export/download process for approximately 20 open files, but the download only successfully completed for 5 files. The majority of files failed to export or were missing entirely from the download archive.

Unfortunately, this technical failure placed me in a very difficult situation. The incomplete download has been misinterpreted by the client as an unauthorized mass file transfer, despite the fact that:

  • All files accessed were within my authorized Figma access during my engagement

  • I was carrying out normal offboarding activity

  • And the download itself was incomplete and not representative of the workspace

I am raising this issue both to flag a potential problem with Figma's file export or API behavior, and to create a formal record that this technical flaw caused significant confusion and personal reputational risk.

Thank you for your attention to this.

Kind regards,

Hi Caroline, thanks for providing such detailed context around your issue!

Bulk-downloading files isn’t currently a supported feature in Figma. Could you share how you attempted to download the files in bulk?

For now, the best approach is to download each file individually.

I’ve passed your feature request along to our internal team for consideration. Thanks again for your feedback!


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