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Allow converting a Main Component back into a Frame/Group (Component Reset option)

  • August 27, 2025
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Deependra Bhaskar

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.

    2 replies

    AnthonySF
    • AnthonySF
    • New Member
    • September 2, 2025

    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. 
    Adrian Worona

    There is a workaround I’ve discovered.
    Drag out all components outside of the set. This will convert each component into it’s own instance (singular component). Now duplicate them. And you can detach copied components (those are instances) from those singular components. That’s it. Now you can remove those singular components and you have untouched items only.

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