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Mark Linthicum
New Member
October 13, 2026
Question

Unsaved changes Closing the tab won't lose your changes

This is literally what I got from their chat! Totally contradictory statements!! First step tells me I wil loose my changes, I push back and it says ok there is a way fro save your changes?? Why wouldn't saving 3 days of work nbc the first priority? Fiogma you really need to make this a priority fix! I have seen old posts with this issue so it has been around for a long time!!! Loosing work is not acceptable, we are not in the 90s!

 

That message appears when Figma has offline changes stored locally that haven't synced to the cloud yet. Since this has persisted for 3 days, clearing your cache will remove those offline changes and let you restart without the warning — but note that any unsaved offline changes will be lost and cannot be recovered .

My reply

"but note that any unsaved offline changes will be lost and cannot be recovered" This is not acceptable!

Figma AI reply 

There's a way to preserve your changes before clearing anything. Figma stores offline changes locally for up to 30 days, so your changes should still be recoverable . The key is to get Figma back online so it can sync those changes to the cloud.

 

2 replies

Mark Linthicum
New Member
October 13, 2026

This is the first  message I received trying to quit Figma: Changes are currently being saved. Your changes will be lost if you close the window now. The app has been doing this for 3 days!! 

Jaycee Lewis
Figmate
Figmate
October 13, 2026

Hey ​@Mark Linthicum 👋 Thanks for flagging. That definitely doesn’t sound right. 

I have a few questions to help us get more details:

  • Are you using Figma in a browser or the desktop app, and which browser/app version and operating system?

  • Can you still see your latest changes, or has any work already disappeared?

  • Could you share a screenshot of the full unsaved changes message, with private information hidden?

  • What happened before the warning appeared?

Talk soon! — Jaycee