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Anton_Bahrencheer
Anton_Bahrencheer
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June 21, 2023

LAUNCHED: Moving or copying variables

  • June 21, 2023
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Has anyone found a way to copy, transfer or move the new local variables to another file or collection?

Just created around 400 color variables manually in the wrong file and would hate having to re-create them in the correct one 😅

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    FigSystem
    FigSystem
    July 16, 2025

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    You can move variables between files without breaking alias connections using the Move Variables Plugin
    https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1415961588728489800/move-variables

     
     

     

     

      Mark_Johnston
      Mark_Johnston
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      July 21, 2025

      ​@Anton_Bahrencheer ​@Richard_Simms ​@owen5  ​@Yejin_Park_Private ​@Sorin_Jurcut ​@Viktoria_Rehders ​@Elham_Mahootchi ​@Bencko_Jan ​@Oliver_Schwaiger ​@Kingery_Michael ​@Dan_Peterson ​@Collin1 ​@EvanMacAlpine ​@Matthew_Thomas ​@Zerui ​@MG17 ​@Cindy_Wong1 ​@Joe_Thomas1 ​@ScottDaniels ​@craig_willers ​@Alex_Stoian ​@Cassie11 ​@Joe_Garlick ​@Hembrador_Randy ​@Guille1 ​@Franco_Andrade ​@Joris-Jan_van_den_Boom ​@Mark_Johnston 

      You can move variables between files without breaking alias connections using the Move Variables Plugin
      https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1415961588728489800/move-variables

       
       

       

       

      Thats not a solution. This should be simple and built in.

      Evan_MacAlpine
      Evan_MacAlpine
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      November 26, 2025

      Wanted to give a quick update for anyone that’s still following this channel. According to this Figma Schema video, it looks like the Swap Libraries feature is going to be coming “in November”. So it looks like the this issue will finally be resolved! 😮‍💨 🎉

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