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Right now, once you create a Main Component, there is no way to convert it back into a normal Frame/Group/Autolayout.

  • If a component is no longer useful, we are forced to use the workaround: create instance → detach → delete main component.

  • This adds extra steps and slows down workflow.

Request: Please add a simple option like “Remove Component” that instantly converts a main component back to its original state.

This would save time, reduce friction, and improve cleanup when working with experimental or temporary components.

Agree.

I have a component with 60 variant states and now I have to scroll through, shift select out of a list of 60 in the layers panel, drag them out of the main component which turned each variant state into its own new component and I now have to drag and drop any assets within each of those new components out of the components that came from the main component that I simply wanted to return to a non-component state. This could be risky for anyone using a not-so-good mouse or accessibility accessories other than a mouse. Also being able to map this ability to a WORK LOUDER keyboard would be a huge selling point. 

Feature name suggestion:

  • Explode - return component to fully non-component state
  • Tinker - a switch or toggle that places a component set into a non component stat which allows the designer to freely manipulate as this the object was never crated into a component. 
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