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

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June 26, 2026
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Hello!

I have a file where I keep all my CVs, I’m trying to copy an A4 frame to make a new version, but I keep getting the alert "You are not allowed to copy this file". I gave figma a break for about a week, but the same issue is still persisting. It’s my own file, so I’m not sure why it would suddenly lock me out like this. Any help would be appreciated!

Update: it only does this on the web based browser version. The computer app is completely fine. The web based version also won’t let me export anything.

Best answer by Tom Reem

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.

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Morgan Evans

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Good news is “Duplicate” still works lol

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

Carolyne Gardener

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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

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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

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Estou com o mesmo problema. Me parece bug

Ozan Arslan

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

Gino Abreu

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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

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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 ReemAnswer

Figmate

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

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

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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.

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