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mtixonoff
June 30, 2023

Create SubFolders / Organizing Your Workspace and Adding Folders in Figma's Drafts Section

  • June 30, 2023
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Figma is a powerful design tool that allows designers to create and collaborate on projects seamlessly. However, as the number of projects grows, organizing your workspace can become a daunting task. Finding specific projects can be difficult, especially if your workspace is cluttered and disorganized. Fortunately, Figma provides users with the ability to create folders and subfolders to keep their projects organized and easily accessible.

One of the most useful features of Figma is the ‘Drafts’ section, which allows you to save incomplete or unfinished projects. This feature is especially handy when you need to work on multiple projects simultaneously, but don’t want to clutter your workspace with unfinished designs. The ‘Drafts’ section gives you the ability to save your progress, so you can come back to it later.

To add a folder to your Drafts section, follow these easy steps:

  1. Click on the ‘Drafts’ section located on the left-hand side of your Figma dashboard.
  2. Click on the ‘Create new folder’ icon located at the top of the Drafts section.
  3. Name your folder and click ‘Create.’

After creating the folder, you can drag and drop your incomplete or unfinished projects into the folder. You can also create subfolders within your main folders to further organize your workspace. This makes it easy to find specific projects, even if you have a large number of designs.

In conclusion, organizing your workspace in Figma is crucial to improving your workflow and productivity. By using the ‘Drafts’ section and creating folders, you can keep your projects organized and easily accessible. You’ll be able to find specific designs quickly, which will save you time and increase your productivity.

I would really like to see this functionality implemented. There are many reasons why this would be beneficial. For one, it would greatly improve the user experience, making it easier for people to use and navigate the system. Additionally, it could lead to increased productivity, as users would be able to accomplish tasks more efficiently. All in all, there are many compelling reasons why this feature should be a top priority for the development team.

Pinned Reply By Tom Reem

👋🏻 Hey ​@mtixonoff and everyone following this thread!

Thanks for sharing how folders would improve the way you organize your workspace. Wanted to share an update that speaks directly to the subfolder structure so many of you have called for: We’re rolling out folders you can nest for deeper hierarchy, along with folder colors to keep things easier to scan. A few specifics (including nesting depth) vary by plan, and those are covered in the announcement below.

You can read the details and send questions to the product team during the rollout here: Rolling out: Projects become folders 📂 ✨

52 replies

Shelby
New Member
September 18, 2024

I do ux design but I also teach interaction design, using Figma as my main tool for my class. It would be incredibly useful to have subfolders in projects for students to turn in process work and assignments (as well as all the other reasons listed here!).

xMOx
Active Member
September 20, 2024

Things are getting really messy with the current Figma folder setup I feel its now the time to bring the subfolder feature it will really help reduce the clutter with different types of files in one project and it will just have better hierarchy with how you group things. I only need 1 level deep no more that will make things much more organized and less complex as you don’t need to go too deep into nested folders. See the example below

Ron_Sparks
September 25, 2024

I’d take sub folders or tagging files over AI.
I’d take sub folders or tagging over slides and Figma jam (and I really love Figma Jam)

Also work on pro and enterprise level projects.

This is a huge problem, we’ve been working to automate mapping our Figma files in a confluence or other searchable area with next trees to mirror how product(s) are managed

Jordan_Otavio
New Member
December 17, 2024

Yes, please!
In my personal account have my branding resources in my Drafts, and they are only for portfolio and social media and don’t need to be added to a project. Since I use the free option for it, I created multiple files and now become a total mess.

In the projects that I pay, I also want to separate drafts by projects but not uploading to the final client to see on the projects page, like references, components, design systems, mockups, and it keeps scaling.

The solution could be this

Lauren26
New Member
February 11, 2025

Definitely backing all of this up! Subfolders for client/project organisation are a must. It’s disappointing to see that this feature has not been implemented yet. 

AJ114
New Member
February 11, 2025

+1 and then some! This has been a sorely needed feature from the jump. 😩

Translucent Studios
New Member
February 17, 2025

This would be great to have within projects as well. Even files organised within teams get out of hand easily. It would be super useful to be able to organise these a bit better.

Yes, just like in Adobe projects. Super annoying to not be able to clean up a “Page” assets into labeled sub-folders.

Leon_Wilson
New Member
February 20, 2025

BUMP on this feature please…………..

ceel
New Member
February 20, 2025

I need Subfolders too :( I am a freelancer and i have different projects. some for actual clients, some sidehustle projects. and i need WITHIN the client folders a subolder where i can pack figjams and designs too. For example 

Folder: Client 01
Subfolder 01: - Figjam Boards (For concepts, brainstorming, strategy, etc.)
Subfolder 02: - Design Files (Website, Social Media, etc.)

This would be sooo helpful

February 27, 2025

Totally SECOND the feature of having subfolders within a folder. Organizing projects on Figma without subfolders have been killing me