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[BUG - Investigating] Assets tab open by default

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October 23, 2025
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Hello everyone, it’s been 2 days since whenever I open a file, the “Assets” tab on the left sidebar, is open by default, why’s that? Has there been an actual change in how Figma works or is it just a bug?

Note that I’ve tried to restart it multiple times, even using the “help” window, and removing the cache directly from the terminal.

I know about switching tabs with option+1 / 2 , but still I just want my “File” tab to be the one opening by default again…

Thanks in advance to everyone.

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Best answer by MikeRockett

I find that if I remove the three pre-added libraries (why they were added to ALL files, I may never know), then it stops doing this. It’s almost like the libraries got added, and now they’re like “pick me, pick me!” 🫠

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Lou2

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The same thing is happening for me on the desktop app for mac. Resetting Figma and clearing the cache didn’t fix the problem. This isn’t the end of the world, but it’s annoying.

Val_Fedak

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Same issue! Hoping this gets addressed soon as it’s very annoying.

fharper

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I have the same problem on the Desktop application.

It’s funny how something as little as that is really annoying!

ParhamPaydar

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For God’s sake, Figma is trying way too hard to act “developer friendly” but I can tweak just about everything in VS Code and still can’t hide a tab I barely even use in Figma?

fix it yesterday!

Narada

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I’m having the same issue here, tried to restart figma and everything but still it defaults to the Assets tab...so annoying.

djv

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Hey All, thanks for continuing to flag this issue!

Are you still having issues with this behavior?

I just tested this, and it’s not happening for me using a macOS in the browser or the desktop app.

As mentioned previously by @Junko3, the only way I can get my design files to default to the Assets tab is if I select the Assets tab before closing my file. If my file/layers tab was last selected when closing my file, the next file I open will also be in the file/layers by default.

Варвара Каратаева

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Are you still having issues with this behavior?

On Windows app it happens like right now.

djv

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Thanks for confirming, @Варвара Каратаева!

Just to confirm, this happens regardless if you have the File/layers tab selected when leaving any Figma design file and reopening the same file or another file? And may I ask if this is also happening for you using Figma in the browser?

I don’t have a Windows device to test this out immediately, but with a bit more context, I’ll pass this onto our team to investigate further.

Варвара Каратаева

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Just to confirm, this happens regardless if you have the File/layers tab selected when leaving any Figma design file and reopening the same file or another file?

And may I ask if this is also happening for you using Figma in the browser?

Regardless.

Can’t tell, I set browser links to always redirect to the app.