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Deleteing former employees files and drafts

  • May 5, 2026
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Bjorn1

I am admin and owner of a Professional team project. Some files and drafts are owned by former employees, and I need to delete them. Right now I only have can view access. How can I delete them?

 

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Gayani_S
Figmate
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  • May 5, 2026

Hey ​@Bjorn1, thanks for reaching out. 

I’d recommend to remove the user from the team (if you haven’t already). 

Here’s how that helps:
• Once a user is removed from the team, any files they owned are moved into a managed area. The files become ownerless but admins can access them.
• Their drafts are also collected into a dedicated folder in the Admin section

• You should be able to open the files with edit access and permanently delete those files from the Admin content area.

More details here:
https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039965493-Remove-access-to-teams
https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/4420549259799-Manage-drafts-of-removed-users

 

Hope this helps!