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Aalok_Trivedi
January 29, 2021

Option to NOT create subfolders when exporting assets

  • January 29, 2021
  • 37 replies
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It really annoys me that Figma automatically creates subfolders when you export an element that’s inside a component and has a ‘/’ naming convention. I always have to go back into the folder and delete the folders or rename everything. It would be great to have a simple checkbox toggle in the exports panel to enable/disable creating subfolders, similar to Illustrator.

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37 replies

Emily_Iles
March 6, 2023

However, removing my slashed destroys my folder structure in Assets panel, and since there is no other way to create folders of different kinds of assets without using a “/” in the name, it’s not a workable solution for me.

Sam47
March 20, 2023

It seems to me Figma really doesn’t care much for developers using their software. We still have no native SCSS, SASS or LESS support, no custom units such as em or rems, no support for CSS variables and this. The fact that this tickets dates from 2021 is just sad 😔

Daria_Michalska
New Participant
July 19, 2023

This is VERY annoying. Layer names shouldn’t affect export folder structure.

Maxim_Girchenko
July 26, 2023

10000% for that! I hope it would an option in near future!

Hugo_Magalhaes
New Member
July 27, 2023

Plus one on this feature! Simple stuff. Come on, guys! ✌️

August 15, 2023

Yes, PLEASE, add the option. I love Figma, but having all these folders when I just want to export a few screens is excruciating

Geiras_ES
August 17, 2023

Hey there. I use slashes / everywhere, to define hierarchy and stuff. Some have said that it creates a mess while exporting.

I can confirm. One of the developers I work with sent me this picture:
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Is this enough to understand the problem? A simple checkbox on the export panel would help a lot. I’m sending the link of this post as a reply to that developer question: “Is there a better way to export things in Figma?”.

January 8, 2024

yes! still want this 2 years later! 🙂

Vineet_Savio_Boyle
January 9, 2024

Just found this plugin that let’s you export all selected frames into 1 single zipped file.

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Franco_Andrade
Active Member
October 22, 2024

This is one of those things that it was meant to help us, but in the end you mostly always want to decide where to save the assets, without creating folders.