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mtixonoff
June 30, 2023

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

  • June 30, 2023
  • 52 replies
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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

Coyne Leesa
New Member
March 21, 2025

Pretty Please Sub-Folders!! The amount of weird/ non-standard things you have to do to keep files in order without this is crazy and makes no sense... It literally goes against any other way people do file management. For a piece of software that is centered around creating UX Experiences this is a really bad user experience! We have been asking for this for years. At least let us know why this is so hard or impossible to do :( 

Mike_Squibb
New Member
April 11, 2025

Any response from Figma? Agree with all that would prioritize this feature over AI and other features. Honestly, this is the most frustrating thing about using Figma. It hurts every single day.

Coyne Leesa
New Member
April 11, 2025

I would prefer this over FigPal eventhough FigPal is cute! 

Wells
New Member
June 16, 2025

10000% PLEASE

Luis Paez
New Member
July 30, 2025

Please FIGMA TEAM it’s a MUST have feature

Neil7
New Participant
August 19, 2025

I have a lot of external files (eg. examples of other desgin ystems)  which I cannot place in our corporate spaces and little sketchbook files for trying things out. Its a mess and a time sink.

Upvoted! 

Elio_Colligiani
New Member
August 26, 2025

I upvote this. The drafts limbo is flat and unorganizable, which makes it difficult to use long-term at a professional/enterprise/multi-project scale.

Please consider. Thanks

Joel_K
New Participant
September 11, 2025

yes please.

Sergio_Ferrer
New Member
September 22, 2025

+1

rvx
New Member
October 5, 2025

+1