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Ioana_Ionescu
Ioana_Ionescu
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Apr 3, 2025 9:12 AM UTC

Update component instances only on current page

I often need to update component instances on a specific page without affecting those on other pages. However, Figma currently requires me to go through every instance across the entire file, which is frustrating — especially when working with versions and wanting to preserve old designs.
 

While the "Review Updates" panel could help, it actually makes things worse because instances are not listed in order. For example, instance 1 of 34 might be on Page 3, while Instance 4 is on Page 1, making it incredibly tedious to track and update only the relevant ones.
 

A "Update on Current Page Only" option would be incredibly useful, allowing users to selectively update instances only on the active page, without affecting other pages. This would greatly improve workflow efficiency, especially for large projects with multiple design versions.


Please make this a feature.
Thanks!

 

 

    3 replies

    Patrick Haney
    Patrick Haney
    New Member
    Apr 8, 2026 2:17 PM UTC

    The annoying part is that this USED TO BE a feature in Figma. You could update components from the design library on either the Current Page or All Pages in the Updates modal. Why they removed this is beyond me. There are many times where I want to update components in most pages in my design file but not others, such as an Archived page where I want to maintain the existing state of components and designs.

    My temporary fix is to select a component in my design file, use the Select Matching Layers option, and then use the Update Selected Instances action to update them all at once. This works for all matching layers in a Section though, so you’ll have to do it multiple times in a Page in Figma. But it’s better than doing it individually!

      Julia57
      Julia57
      Active Member
      Jul 27, 2026 10:22 AM UTC

      This is the only reasonable and helpful interpretation of the “show updates on this page” toggle. I don’t understand why it doesn’t actually work like this. 

      Michael_Marandola
      Michael_Marandola
      New Participant
      Nov 9, 2026 8:48 PM UTC

      Yet another Figma feature that’s a bug. 

      Please can we make it so you can update all components on a page, or event by frame would be helpful. Again, like some mention below, we have designs that are older in our approved file, but we want to keep those components as they were when approved and not update them to be able to reference back and see the differences between older and newer changes of the components. 

      The show updates for all pages toggle when updating library is misleading as I think it means it’s only going to update components on the

      current page but it updates across the entire document regardless of the toggle. 

       

       

      Mike
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