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heyhankhowsthebank
New Participant
Oct 5, 2026 4:18 PM UTC
Question

Export no longer remembers folder choice

Until recently, using the “Export” function in the sidebar opened up a window that showed the last folder used for export. This was quite useful as it allowed for multiple exports to occur into the same folder without needing to dig for the folder each time.

As of last week though, using the “Export” function always defaults the save folder to the Downloads directory instead of the last used export directory.

I can understand defaulting to a directory in lieu of a preference, but can a preference be set within Figma to either default to the last used or default to a specific directory? My workflow benefits greatly from doing multiple exports to a unique directory and this new change has slowed things down quite a bit.

 

Thanks!

15 replies

Vaidas
New Member
Oct 26, 2026 2:12 PM UTC

Same issue! MacOS native Figma app.

It so annoying, because I often export single and multiple files together. Multiple files defaults to /Downloads folder, while single file export remembers it’s exported folder from previous. I hate this everytime changing export folder 📂 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ Before it worked as it supposed.

Exxel_Designs
New Member
Oct 28, 2026 8:58 AM UTC

I dont understand why Figma tries to fix what isnt broken? Same with the universal search for files from the home screen...why do I have to go through so many loops and hoops, just to find a figma file not in the current team plan. 

You guys at Figma are adding unnecessary updates

TMS
New Member
Nov 6, 2026 10:44 PM UTC

Can confirm this is still happening. Are there any updates?