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Olly_the_Designer
New Participant
May 8, 2024
Question

Copying designs from Page A to Page B resets some overrides to default

  • May 8, 2024
  • 25 replies
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This is an enormous issue as issues are creeping into client-facing designs. Figma has always been reliable as an atomic design tool, but overrides are resetting when I copy and page components within the same page or to new pages and I can’t catch all of them.

This never used to happen, and it’s fundamental that it works. Our workflow has been developed utilising Figma’s capability as a design tool. That capability now seem unreliable, and it’s throwing my design team through a loop and clients are noticing.

It’s been prevalent for about 4 months and goes unfixed while gimmicks like custom cursors get added and removed each week. This is something we have noticed across out whole team, whether on mac or Windows.

25 replies

Frederico Ferreira
New Member
August 6, 2025

Help > Troubleshooting > Reset Figma & Restart
This fixed it for us!

Josué Beda
New Member
August 20, 2025

When copying large sections that include tables from one file to another (for example, from a Draft file to a Handoff file), the instances are not referenced correctly. Instead of pasting the instance with its customized properties, Figma pastes the default version of the instance.

For example: Input components with a custom title and icons revert back to their default state when pasted into another file.

This issue occurs consistently when using the Figma desktop app (Windows), the Chrome browser, and also when performed by other members of my team.

Neethu.Linnk
New Member
February 2, 2026

We also face the same issue, please help to solve this issue.  

Bá Tân Lê
New Member
May 12, 2026

This is the workaround I’ve been using for this issue. For example, when I need to move an instance from File A to File B, I first download a local copy of File A (let’s call it File A1). Then, I upload File A1 to the team that contains File B. After that, any instances created in File A1 and copied into File B will remain overridden.

Alanna A
New Member
May 16, 2026

Just found the same issue. I am in Figjam with Figma screens.

Notable behavior:

Copying the same Figma screens from Figjam File A to Figjam File B, get the bug where copied screens auto-resets to default placeholder (essentially the lorem ipsum version) of several of the components. 

Creating a new page within File B: still the same issue with auto-reset of the component to placeholder. 

Using a totally different source file to copy from, let’s call it File A2, the copy bug persists within File B. The source doesn’t seem to be the issue.Copying from File A to brand new blank Figjam File C -- no issue, copies just fine. The new blank file doesn’t seem to be the issue.

Creating a duplicative copy of Figjam File B, lets call it File B2, and copying over from File A…. works! At first. But closing the file and returning to it, now it’s back to the broken reset override version of the component.