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Is there a way to move annotations?

  • November 13, 2025
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Gabriella Saltman

Need: the ability to move an annotation to another side of a component/frame/whatever, anywhere I want so that it is not blocking anything.

Best answer by djv

Hi ​@Gabriella Saltman, thanks for reaching out! 

Right now, this isn’t a bug, but rather expected behavior. Annotations were not built with the ability to easily move them, but this is already on the team’s radar for improvement.

Feel free to add your feedback here: 

 

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djv
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  • November 13, 2025

Hi ​@Gabriella Saltman, thanks for reaching out! 

Right now, this isn’t a bug, but rather expected behavior. Annotations were not built with the ability to easily move them, but this is already on the team’s radar for improvement.

Feel free to add your feedback here: 

 


Joan5
  • New Participant
  • December 10, 2025

Really looking forward to this being updated soon. To me this is a basic requirement- without it, the  annotations are much less useful. 


Javad_Saberi
  • Active Member
  • February 5, 2026

@djv 

I was just about to create a topic for this feature. Please add the ability to move annotations.
On some frames, the dashed annotation lines make the layout cluttered, and I’d like to be able to reposition them manually for better readability.

Javad_Saberi
  • Active Member
  • February 12, 2026

@djv “Please add a feature that allows moving a note after it’s written. Sometimes the note falls in the middle of the design, and that’s really not good.


Javad_Saberi
  • Active Member
  • February 27, 2026

@djv Please revise this topic in Figma. It’s currently in very poor shape.


Kat Sutton
  • New Member
  • March 25, 2026

+1 to please add the ability to reposition Annotations. I am still using my old, home-brewed annotation component library because of this limitation. And I would love to fully shift over to Figma Annotations.


Emily Clibourn

+1 to adding an ability to move annotations. They hover over my other designs and are becoming a nuisance. I may get rid of them in my design all together for this reason. 


sarah.klos
  • New Member
  • April 13, 2026

Here to add on that I hope the annotations feature gets some love. Not being able to move Figma annotations is disruptive and crowds my canvases in ways I can’t control. I find it surprising that being able to move and adjust the annotations wasn’t a baseline requirement. 

Hoping to see some improvement soon. 


Emily Clibourn

Also wanted to add - the ability to move them from one component to another would be a great time reduction.