Every time I exit Figma and come back, the previously selected sort order is lost, and it defaults to "Last modified" – "Newest first". Previously, the selected sorting option was always preserved.
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"Sort by" does not retain the selection.
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Figma has stopped remembering the file sorting preference: It now always defaults to ‘Last Modified’ at the beginning of session, no matter what your choice was. Can we have it back?
I am these days having to open this dropdown ‘Sort By’ → Alphabetical 30 times a day. Last modified does not work for us since it shows us whole new set of files every time because how many people work and edit files daily; Alphabetical works better for us since we use numerical naming and then every file is correctly displayed in the intended order of product importance (home, registration, features, etc)
Experiencing the same problem. Seems like it’s been going on ever since they removed list view and then added it back (about three weeks ago).
Yes, this is driving me insane as well 😅
As April 22, 2025, this seems to have been fixed, at least in the web browser version.
Yesterday I changed it to Created, then quit and restart Figma and it may have fixed it. They did also push an update shortly after. Seems okay for now.
Hey both. Wanted to let you know that this was an intentional change on our end. From what I understand, the only page that doesn't reset preferences is the "Last projects" page now.
For more context: this was implemented after feedback from users who thought their files were missing due to filters or sort orders being enabled.
I know this was probably not the answer you wanted to hear, and I completely get why this would be a negative change to your existing workflow. I’m making sure that your opinions and feedback on this are also highlighted as well. We do take into consideration every use case, and want to be sure that changes we make benefit everyone who uses Figma.
Apologies that I can’t offer an alternative solution at this time.
If I misunderstood what your issues were, let me know. I’ll keep this open for now to get any other feedback on this you may have,
I can understand resetting filters (which would actually hide some things) in that scenario, but sorting doesn’t actually hide anything.
As a counter example, I keep effectively experiencing the same problem where things have disappeared from where I expect them to be, because I like my list sorted by date created and it keeps resetting to last modified. So the things I expect to be at the top of the list aren’t there any more when something else has been modified more recently.
Maintaining sorting as the user has set it from session to session, is actually going to result in more predictable and reliable access to the users expected files for most use cases.
If you all really want there to be a default sort that the system is going to keep resetting to, you absolutely have to make that default editable by the user, so individual users can establish what kind of ordering they want and it will reliably return to that. Otherwise you’re robbing peter to pay paul.
I still have this problem with Figma Desktop App version 125.10.8
Same thing in the browser version of Figma.
Drives me crazy and needs to be fixed soon!
Every time I restart Figma, it reverts to sorting by last modified. And I need to reselect Alphabetical Z-A
Bad UX. Save my setting.
The bug was gone after an update long ago, but now it has crept back in again sadly...
Hi
I’m getting crazy with it.
I ONLY use/need “alphabetical”, and now is always “last modified”, always, everywhere 😨😭
Hopefully they will fix it again SOON!
I also have this issue. I know it’s seemingly a small thing but I have to do it every time I am looking for a project. Laptop restart didn’t work; Figma restart didn’t work.
Thanks so much for that solution, but I never used Reddit 😅🤷
If this is the “Figma forum” where to write the Figma issues. This would have to be the only place where to write them, no?
We’ve seen Figma Employees in that subreddit reading and answering users posts as well. This board is a nagging board and is full of users just doing that, but the sub is sometimes where you learn new stuff, or get a hold of creative stuff the community is doing, or eternally answering ‘what’s the best plugin to make my design a real website or app’ over and over again /s
I used it once to tell those figma employees about this and lo and behold, it worked? I don’t know if it was a coincidence or what, but never the less, I just posted today almost the same post as last time. Hoping they’ll fit it soon!
Yep, this is happening to me again like it was 8 months ago. I always want to sort by Date Created and keep it that way. But now it keeps clicking back to Last Modified. So annoying.
Hi team,
I’m using the desktop app and my file sorting keeps resetting to Last modified after every update, even though I set it to Alphabetical. The app doesn’t seem to remember the preference across sessions.
Can you confirm if this is expected behavior, and if not, log it as a bug? It makes managing large projects pretty painful.
Thanks!
The issue is back!!! 😭
This issue is so annoying! It should be a very very simple fix why it is not fixed yet?
When I open my Figma project files, they are always sorted by “Last modified” by default. I can manually change the sorting to Alphabetical order using the dropdown in the top-right corner, but after refreshing the page or reopening Figma, the sorting resets back to Last modified.
I’ve seen other people posting the same issue. I want to push this topic forward with sharing it again. Is it possible to fix it please dear Figma? :)
@Figma, it would be great if you let users permanently select the file sorting order. Please either remember the last selected option or let users set a default in the settings.
Hi,
Same issue here, @figma can you please fix it! thanks
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