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Meghan_Rose1
June 22, 2023

Copy/Move variable groups into other collections

  • June 22, 2023
  • 176 replies
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I have been playing around with creating variables but realized I would rather have groups in separate collections, but cannot move them.

I would like to be able to duplicate an entire collection so I don’t have to manually re-create values and can remove what I don’t need from that collection OR simply be able to move groups into other collections.

[The title of this post was edited from “LAUNCHED: Copy/Move variable groups into other collections” to “Copy/Move variable groups into other collections” by a moderator on 17-Jan-2026.]

176 replies

Mila_G
New Participant
May 16, 2024

Lots of people still struggling with this, can anybody give an update? We should not have to detach variables just to move them into a different collection within the same file! (For instance, I accidentally built my spacing tokens inside of my colors collection! I want them to move into their own collection instead.)

ALSO. You should not be able to delete whole collections/variables with one press of a button. There should be an ‘are you sure, this can’t be undone’ warning first!

Hrag_Chanchanian
New Member
May 16, 2024

Also big time needing this. Hoping it’s a simple feature in the future 🤞

May 17, 2024

I also really need this feature - can we get an update on when we might be getting this? I could do with knowing whether to embark on a massive amount of work to get around this

Jens_Brandt1
May 17, 2024

It’s a little sad that this important issue has been open for so long and seems to be ignored. And that with all the feedback and the necessity. The fixed width of the “Name” column of a varibale alone is unfortunately bad. Who in the UX team hasn’t looked at it? For me, many parts of this dialogue were developed without the user in mind.

Jens_Brandt
May 21, 2024

You are right and agree to 100%.

Teunis
May 27, 2024

Add me to the “need this” list. I can import/export variables all day. Doesn’t help if I can’t consolidate or split them. Especially when some are being used already.
Looks like I’m breaking everything and starting over?

FilipaGo
New Participant
June 5, 2024

++++10000!
How is this still not possible? 🤔
It’s a basic need!

Jay_Cowle
New Participant
June 7, 2024

This would save me time recreating colour schemes.

John_Likes_To_Edit
New Participant
June 17, 2024

surprised this isn’t a feature yet, bump !

Derek_Rudel1
June 27, 2024

Would love to be able to move variables to another collection. This would be helpful for moving a variable up or down in abstraction (ie. Component > Semantic).