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Harsha_Vardhan
February 16, 2021

Archive for Files/Projects

  • February 16, 2021
  • 30 replies
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It’s a distraction to look at the files that I won’t be using again. I want few files to be stored but not as active ones.

It’s better if we have tabs or statuses for the files like active and archived.

Did you guys feel the same?

30 replies

Adrian_Howard
February 8, 2022

+1 We NEED this badly!

Right now, since we also don’t have the ability to create sub-folders in projects, I have to move my old dead files to a separate TEAM called “Archive” with the same project name structure. BUT they still show up in search results which is a total MESS! 😖

Maristella_Agazzi
February 10, 2022

Has this topic been action by Figma in any way? I’ve seen the same feature request in a topic from 2018!

Hrvoje_Bielen
July 14, 2022

+1
This feature would be really appreciated.

JulsQQ
New Participant
August 12, 2022

Voting for this feature too! I also have multiple unused design files that we no longer use but I want to keep them for reference. The ability to archive would really help organize the project!

Edward_Margallo
August 22, 2022

+1
This as a must have for offline archiving in bulk. Right now you have to go one-by-one which is a pain.

Einar
September 14, 2022

+1 I was looking for this, thought it was implemented already but obviously not.

This and/or the ability to create sub-folders within projects (then I could create a folder called archive. But I guess that wouldnt handle search. Maybe a archive subfolder has to be special/managed, then it could be implemented with lower opacity and hidden from search results…)

Brian_Sorotsky
New Member
September 29, 2022

Would love to have this feature. Right now coming out of the Sketch/Invision ecosystem, there doesn’t seem to be any easy way for Figma to archive files out of the box. This was easier to do with Sketch because I had control over the files on my hard drive.

grinn.ux
New Member
February 6, 2023

It’ would be nice to see Archive next to Recents and Drafts in the left panel.

Sam_Weaving
March 8, 2023

+1 for Archiving!

It would also be great if there was a universal notification on the Figma doc to alert users who have come there via a link (eg. a developer) that this file is now archived. If you could modify the notification as well that would be even better, so you could give a name to contact or alternative Figma doc to go to

PBdesign
New Member
June 6, 2023

+10 From everyone at my office.
Why is an Archive tag or tab not standard?