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"You are not allowed to copy this file" but I own the file?

  • June 26, 2026
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Madeleine Bruster

Same issue browser and Desktop app

SD_Red
  • SD_Red
  • New Member
  • July 27, 2026

I am getting this problem just now too. Seems like a bug that a lot of people using Figma are affected by. 

[Moderator note: This post was merged from Can't copy files — "You are not allowed to copy this file" error across all projects into You are not allowed to copy this file" but I own the file? on 27-Jul-2026.]

    Lynn Tang
    • Lynn Tang
    • New Member
    • July 27, 2026

    Same, fix the bug please figma!

    hhartsoe
    • hhartsoe
    • New Member
    • July 27, 2026

    Any idea if it's just a me issue or is there something else happening?

    [Moderator note: This post was merged from Can't copy files — "You are not allowed to copy this file" I own the file??? into “You are not allowed to copy this file" but I own the file? on 27-Jul-2026.]

      Vedran Misic

      Same issue!! I’m admin, and cannot copy, cut, etc - BUG, please fix asap!

      Morgan Evans

      Good news is “Duplicate” still works lol

      Duplicate isn’t working for me all of a sudden too :/ wth!

        Carolyne Gardener

        Resolved for me!


        Was this based on anything you did?

        [Moderator note: This post was merged from Can't copy files — "You are not allowed to copy this file" error across all projects into You are not allowed to copy this file" but I own the file? on 27-Jul-2026.]

        Dan Hart
        • Dan Hart
        • New Member
        • July 27, 2026

        This was happening to me for the past 20 minutes. But looks like the Figma team just pushed an update and fixed it. All good now on my end!

          Evellyn
          • Evellyn
          • New Member
          • July 27, 2026

          Estou com o mesmo problema. Me parece bug

          Ozan Arslan
          • Ozan Arslan
          • New Member
          • July 27, 2026

          Same bug please fix it, I need to workkk!!!

          Gino Abreu
          • Gino Abreu
          • New Member
          • July 27, 2026

          I am suddenly NOT allowed to copy and paste anymore…

          But as someone wrote above, we still can DUPLICATE.

          Figma, please fix asap

           

          Chris_Boggs
          • Chris_Boggs
          • New Member
          • July 27, 2026

          FWIW, I experienced this also after not using Figma for a week.  No clue what caused this because after an hour of trying to fix the issue, it just worked again.  Only mentioning this because I’ve seen others comment that it happened after a week of no use.

          Tom Reem
          Figmate
          • Tom Reem
          • Figmate
          • Answer
          • July 27, 2026

          Hello everyone — thanks for reporting this, and sorry for the disruption. 🙏🏻

          Checking in here to confirm that our Engineering team deployed a fix, so copying should be working as expected again. If you haven't already, refresh your tab and you should be good to go.

          For the latest, keep an eye on Figma's status page where you can also subscribe for updates: status.figma.com.

          Tom Reem
          Figmate
          • Tom Reem
          • Figmate
          • July 27, 2026

          Hello ​@Yan Bogdanov ​@Carolyne Gardener ​@Fiona Murray ​@Caseyevergoods ​@Grady Harwood ​@SD_Red — Tom here with the Figma Community team. Thanks for flagging this issue and sorry for the disruption.

          Our Engineering team was able to resolve this issue. I’ve merged your posts to a single thread to that we can track reports in one place. Please check the best answer here and let us know if anything else comes up.

          We are continuing to monitor closely for further reports.

          [Moderator note: This post was merged from Can't copy files — "You are not allowed to copy this file" error across all projects into You are not allowed to copy this file" but I own the file? on 27-Jul-2026.]

          Tom Reem
          Figmate
          • Tom Reem
          • Figmate
          • July 27, 2026

          Hi ​@hhartsoe — thanks for flagging this. Sorry for the disruption today. Our Engineering team was able to resolve this issue, and I’ve merged your post into a thread where we’re tracking reports. Please have a look at the update marked as best answer for more details.

          Wira Darmawan

          This happen to me today.
          Somehow it fixed by logout and then login again.
          I can copy/cut my frame after login again.

          Hope the dev fix this though.

          djv
          Figmate
          • djv
          • Community Support
          • July 30, 2026

          Hi ​@Wira Darmawan, thanks for letting us know! 

          The team already pushed out the fix on July 27th. If you hadn’t refreshed your tabs before then, the fix may have not hit your account yet. Since things seem to be working as expected now, you should be all set, but please do let us know if you run into any further issues. 

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