Recover old Figma version

Plugin and Widget API Questions
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Hi. The code for my plugin was located under the path “…/Figma/app-166.12.2”. With a new update being installed, it looks like this folder has been deleted.

Is there a way I can restore what was in it (the plugin)?

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Thought I’d give a bit more details:

I started creating a plugin ~a month ago. When I created the plugin, it was located under the path “…/Figma/app-166.12.2”. This is where the plugin was created by default.

I kept the plugin in there & continued to work on it. As of yesterday (24th of October), it looks like Figma installed a new version. I now have two folders in the Figma directory: app-116.13.3 and app-116.14.6.

My assumption is that, as Figma updates, older versions are automatically deleted. Is there a way to recover the older version folder though?

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If that folder is not in the trash, then, unfortunately, you will not be able to restore it. But you can try various specialized software to recover deleted files.

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Yup, unfortunately you are correct. But thank you for responding!

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I was able to recover my files, here is the journey I went through in case anyone experiences this:

What I can assume happens is that, when you create a new plugin, it is by default created in a folder that contains the current Figma version. However, as Figma updates, older versions get deleted.

So in other words- if you created your plugin in the folder that contains the current Figma version (which I think is the default option), move it out of there.

Ways you can try to recover your code include:

  1. Github - I had some code in github, but it was ~a week old, which meant I would’ve lost a week of progress.
  2. Windows/Mac/Linux file deletion recovery tools- I am on windows and tried using Windows File Recovery which did not work. I also tried r-undelete, which was able to retrieve one of the deleted files.
  3. Contact Figma support- My plugin is published, and Figma support were able to provide me with the code for the published version of the plugin (thank you Alex!)

So, in short:

  1. If your plugin is in the folder containing the current Figma version, move it out of there ASAP.
  2. Use git every time you make a change.
  3. File recovery tools could work, but there is no guarantee.
  4. If your plugin is published, Figma support can provide you with your published code.
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This is wrong. The plugin directory is created according to the path that you chose in the save window.