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BorojiDesignInc
New Participant
January 27, 2021

Offline mode would be great to access design files

  • January 27, 2021
  • 11 replies
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My internet works perfectly, I can watch YouTube videos and check social media. I don’t want to panic but I can’t access my files ?? Error 504

Even on the browser

I think it would be nice to work offline like other design tools ?

11 replies

Steven
January 27, 2021

Since Figma is a basic browser application it will probably not be efficient to have a completely offline mode.

The application has already been offering an offline mode since a few months now, where the work done offline is kept in memory even when you close the application.

Read more here : Can I work offline with Figma

Steven
January 27, 2021

It does not change that your proposal is very interesting. It would be perfect if we had a way to access and or open a file in offline mode

BorojiDesignInc
New Participant
January 28, 2021

Yes it would be perfect to access files offline. Thank you so much for sharing the link with me as well.

Steven
January 28, 2021

Don’t forget to mark the concern as resolve

Asaf_Ben_Oved
New Participant
February 4, 2021

In regard to the outage today

Allow loading of .fig files (I wasn’t able to)

NoClueHD
May 26, 2021

Could you please add the ability to create, modify, delete files and save design files offline, and the changes sync when you are online again. For example, Microsoft’s OneDrive has a “Always Keep on Device” Option for files in the user’s OneDrive.

Brandon_Porter
March 21, 2023

Here is a use case for offline mode. The internet in our office is down today. I am currently tethered to a mobile hotspot to access figma. I would go home but my car is in the repair shop. I am unable to use any of my figma or figjam files. Having an offline mode that can auto-sync and save the changes once online again would be incredible!

Sloan2
May 25, 2024

Figma ~ where are we with this? I woke up to ‘can’t access offline message’ this morning.

Before the subscription model, I could work on my files anywhere or anytime. But I had to make a decision when you all switched to subscription and online only because I loathe subscriptions, i.e., I am sickened by paying for something I use on occasion.

[BTW - I don’t care if Figma is constantly ‘improving’ the product because it works well enough if I am using it ‘as is.’ And I don’t care if I can purchase Figma monthly because I am not getting anywhere near the total value you are placing on a month’s worth of usage.]

Now, I am held hostage by Figma’s ability to be online.

Sloan2
May 25, 2024

…and, downloading a copy to my hard drive is not a solution because who knows when my ISP is going to go down.

Jack_willow
October 2, 2024

Blockquote Offline mode would be a game-changer for accessing design files, especially when working on home repairs in areas with spotty internet. Makes projects run a lot smoother!

I hope this helps you.