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Angela_Glass
April 6, 2021

Create "Files Shared with Me" view

  • April 6, 2021
  • 26 replies
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  1. Describe the problem your experiencing and how your idea helps solve this

Today I have to save the emails inviting me to a file, there is no place to see all files shared with me. Recent doesn’t save the list, just shows what was recently accessed. I believe the problem is felt most when the person is sharing a file from their Drafts, as opposed to something that has been published that can be searched for and found in Figma.

  1. Add as much context as possible (screenshots, Figma files, mockups, etc.)

Microsoft Office/Google has a feature which enables users to see all the files shared with them for easy access.

  1. Ask questions to bring the community into the conversation
    (e.g. Does anyone else experience this? Is anyone using a plugin or workaround to help solve this?, etc.

Is there a work around to saving the links to shared files? Sometimes it’s not even an email but a link someone is sending via chat message. Seems plugin can’t solve for this as it’s above the file level. Was thinking I need to create a folder in my browser bookmarks to save each share link?

Thanks!

26 replies

October 11, 2023

Unfortunately, it seems there is a limited number of files in the Recents tab. Files shared 2 years ago, for instance, will be lost.

ZoltanSzalay
New Participant
June 13, 2024

Ah, thanks for this tip! I never noticed the Shared files/projects tabs under Recents… this solves for me

Rob_Gillman
July 16, 2024

The search functionality is a lot more useful than I had expected, and is solving this for me.

That being said, is there really no way, still, more than 3 years after this thread started, to organize projects other than as an alphabetical or last modified list? No folders, “Shared with me”, tagging, filtering, color-coding, nothing? Starring, I guess.

Much disappoint. Very meh.

Michael_Dusing
New Participant
July 30, 2024

Piling on here. PLEASE DO SOMETHING about this.

- Michael Dusing; COO @ Design Like You Mean It
September 3, 2024

Dear FIGMA

Please do something to be able to find the files that are shared with me…
At a point it makes one feel frustrated searching for it in mails…
And all the good work of collaboration goes for a toss, when the first step to find the file to collaborate is not easily accessible…

id820
New Member
June 4, 2025

There should be a way to create a shortcut to files shared with me inside a folder, i have a folder for each client so adding a shortcut to a file shared with me inside it would be ideal.