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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

Desislava_Slavkova
Active Member
July 24, 2024

Please add this, it would say soooo much time!!! I work at my workplace we can’t install plugins due to security concerns, so I have to do this manually.

Julius_Klaus
New Participant
July 28, 2024

+1 needed asap. Makes working with variables a workload trap.

Josh_Toan
New Participant
July 30, 2024

Just ran into this, it would be great to get this feature ASAP.

Anything to make variables easier to work, it would also be great to have a way to only show one collection at a time, or at least minimize groups when applying colors via the styles and variables picker. This would make scanning the color variables easier for those who don’t know what specific variable to search for.

dalemoore
July 31, 2024

Adding my name to the list. Added a bunch of variables (which I LOVE!) but now I need to re-arrange them into other collections. Also, does anyone know how many collections we’re allowed to create? Is it infinite? If so, I may just default to creating as many collections as possible to prevent this for now… in hopes I can merge, instead, later.

Gaby_Cook
August 1, 2024

+1 Would make adjusting variable structure/hierarchy much more fluid

August 6, 2024

It’s been one year… Is it that hard to implement?

Ella_Forte1
August 6, 2024

+1! This is really needed when managing variables 🙏

jdub
August 29, 2024

Please prioritize this feature. Not having basic functionality like copy/paste for variables makes managing our tokens/variables so much more difficult. I’m stuck relying on plugins that have mixed results.

Kirrie1
New Member
September 5, 2024

+1 please add this!!!

Tara_Price2
Active Member
September 11, 2024

Hey Figma, Can you give an update on where this lies in your roadmap.