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Request recovery of permanently deleted draft file | Ticket No.#2074466

  • August 16, 2026
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BOBO wei

Hello Figma Support Team

I have submitted an official support ticket (Ticket No.#2074466)to request recovery for my permanently deleted design file.

Brief incident overview:

The file was stored in my personal Drafts. I transferred ownership to another Figma account, then mistakenly permanently deleted the file from trash. I was unaware that files inside personal drafts remain hosted under the original creator’s account even after ownership transfer. After deletion, neither account can open the file.

My local exported .fig backup is corrupted. It once imported successfully on Figma web temporarily, but I failed to duplicate a copy. Now all import attempts trigger "Internal error during import". I have tested Figma desktop, Figma web, Figpea, js.design, all cannot load this local file.

 

This file contains core commercial design assets and I have no other complete backup. Could community support staff help escalate my ticket and ask backend teams to check if any temporary server cache or snapshot exists for recovery? I can complete all identity verification required.

Thank you sincerely.

 

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Best answer by adamsmasher

Hey, ​@BOBO wei! Thanks for your post and for the tags. Your urgency here is totally understandable given the importance of the file!

 

Has the person who now owns the file contacted our support team yet? I just want to make note of that if there’s another request out regarding the same issue. I flagged your request to the team on your behalf - you should hear back soon. Regarding the file itself, changing owners does only that - it doesn’t actually move the file itself, so it’s expected that it would remain in your drafts. You can read more about file transfers in our help article on transferring files. Hopefully that will help prevent issues like this for you in the future! Let me know if you have any other questions; happy to help!

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BOBO wei
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  • August 16, 2026

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  • August 16, 2026

Hey, ​@BOBO wei! Thanks for your post and for the tags. Your urgency here is totally understandable given the importance of the file!

 

Has the person who now owns the file contacted our support team yet? I just want to make note of that if there’s another request out regarding the same issue. I flagged your request to the team on your behalf - you should hear back soon. Regarding the file itself, changing owners does only that - it doesn’t actually move the file itself, so it’s expected that it would remain in your drafts. You can read more about file transfers in our help article on transferring files. Hopefully that will help prevent issues like this for you in the future! Let me know if you have any other questions; happy to help!