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Emilie R.
Emilie R.
New Member
February 20, 2026
Question

Components turns empty when adding to a file

 

After I updated a component in my component library file, all the instances in all other files has turned into an empty frame without any content. It seems if I create a new file, it works fine. But for all my other existing files, there is now just an empty purple box. There are no layers in it. The main component is fine, with content and layers. The only thing I changed on it was auto layout-issues.

 

 

How do I avoid having to create new instances in all my files, or create new files for all my files? 

    5 replies

    Benoit R
    Benoit R
    New Member
    March 23, 2026

    Hey there, facing the same issue, here. Have you found a solution?

    Rebecca Sasso
    Rebecca Sasso
    New Member
    March 31, 2026

    I am facing the same issue… havent found any solutions. 

    Rita Deyneko
    Rita Deyneko
    New Member
    July 17, 2026

    I have the same

    adamsmasher
    Figmate
    adamsmasher
    Figmate
    July 17, 2026

    Hi all! Thank you for reporting this and your replies - I’m sure this is confusing experience given how inconsistent it is. 

     

    Has anyone tried the Regenerate all instances (slow) option found in the Actions menu of the bottom toolbar? I’m not sure why the component instances are not updating to reflect the library change, but that should trigger it to regenerate which can fix what you are all seeing. If that doesn’t fix a component instance, you can also re-add the component - I can understand that this might not be practical if you have many instances over many files. Let me know if you’re unable to resolve using the action and I’ll help get you in touch with our Technical Quality team.

    Marina P.
    Marina P.
    New Member
    October 14, 2026

    Me and my colleague were having the same issue. We have a component that is a filter and inside it we use instances of two other components, one is a dropdown with a list and the other is a dropdown with a multi-select list. The first one worked and the other appeared empty in the file we were working. We tried every command like "repair component connections" and "regenerate all instances", none of them worked. We tried clearing cache, closing and opening the files, Figma and it also didn't work. As our last resource, we compared both components and only one of them had an annotation. We removed the annotation and updated the component library and it worked!? We don't understand what is going on but it would be nice to have a response from the Figma team about this issue with empty components. 

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