i feel like i am going insane but i cannot find the solution to this. once i create a component i cannot undo this. i can only detach instances of a component
i already uninstalled all plugins and reproduced it in a new file. am i missing somthing glaring obvious?
Detach instance and delete the component.
so you are saying it is not possible to convert a component back?
Yes exactly.
https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038665754-Detach-an-instance-from-the-component#Keyboard_shortcuts
I know how to detatch an instance. I wrote that in my first statement.
I feel your pain. This is such a simple function and yet they make it so amazingly complicated. I find the same nonsense with adding a simple border to an object. They have 400 ways to shade the color of a box, but not even 1 simple option for drawing a line around the box. I get the feeling the Figma designers don’t ever use their product.
I get it, I miss these options as well. I dont think they use it at all though.
Thank you so much.
Make a copy, detach it from the original, delete the original.
WOOOOOOWW! Thank yooou! <3
You are Goddess!!
Thanksss thankss lot of thankssssssssss
Thank you very much! 
That’s a little bit insane. You can un-group a Group, anytime, but you cannot un-componentize a Component after it has existed for a while?
This is so stupid. Please make it an option in right click to undo a main component and revert it into a group or whatever it was previous to becoming a main component!
i wholeheartedly agree… i was stuck on this for a bit
In so much time i don’t felt this happiness
This is how I fixed it! Thanks!
Thank you for this.
