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Open Figma links inside the app


Sergio10

It would be great to have the ability to open a shared Figma link somewhere in the app. Maybe on the home page.

WHY?
The working process implies sharing the content. If it’s one team, they can easily tag each other in Comments and be happy.
However, we may also share the Figma links in such places as JIRA or other.
https://www.figma.com/file/________________________

In that case, when you click on the link in a browser, you have it opened in a browser. Yes, you can switch using the ‘open in app’ button. But it’s not so convenient when you have a bunch of links.

I’d propose having an input field on the home page, where we could paste the link(s), and they would have been opened in a new tab(s).

8 replies

tank666
  • 4857 replies
  • October 3, 2023


You can also open a file in an application from the clipboard.


Guthrie
  • New Member
  • 3 replies
  • October 12, 2023

That option has stopped working in Chrome.

Edit:
I managed to fix it by opening a link in Safari and then it showed me the open in Figma message ‘Open in Desktop app’ option. I selected the open in app options with always box checked.

Now when I click on the same link in Chrome it redirects as it used to the desktop top app.

Some Mac OS Sonoma issue I suspect.


  • 1 reply
  • January 2, 2024

The Safari trick was required for me as well.

  • Open link in Safari
  • Login to Figma
  • Close and reopen the desktop app
  • Refresh the Safari page, and I received the prompt to open in Figma app
  • Approved, then verified that opening the link in Chrome successfully opens the app now

David_da_Silva_Contin

Another option is to replace https://www.figma.com with figma://.

This works for prototypes too.


Elisa20
  • 1 reply
  • October 18, 2024

Amazing trick! Thanks a lot 🙌


Paty Paredes
  • New Member
  • 2 replies
  • February 18, 2025

None of the options commented here work for me ☹️

I already have the desktop app installed, but it still appears the option “Get desktop app”. I have already tried to uninstall and install again but nothing changes.

This is what appears in Chrome (cache cleaned already)
 

and this is in Safari (cache cleaned also) - doesn’t even appear the option to open links in desktop app:


Can someone help?

Thanks a lot!


dvaliao
Figmate
  • Community Support
  • 4595 replies
  • February 19, 2025

Hey ​@Paty Paredes, thanks for reaching out! 

Is your desktop app up to date? You can check from Figma > Check for Updates…

If that doesn’t help, typically users will see the Get desktop app setting instead of Open in desktop app, if they’re not logged into the same account in browser and within the desktop app. Be sure that you're logged in to the same account. And if you haven’t already, I’d also recommend clearing your desktop app’s cache and restarting your laptop. 


Paty Paredes
  • New Member
  • 2 replies
  • February 19, 2025
dvaliao wrote:

Hey ​@Paty Paredes, thanks for reaching out! 

Is your desktop app up to date? You can check from Figma > Check for Updates…

If that doesn’t help, typically users will see the Get desktop app setting instead of Open in desktop app, if they’re not logged into the same account in browser and within the desktop app. Be sure that you're logged in to the same account. And if you haven’t already, I’d also recommend clearing your desktop app’s cache and restarting your laptop. 

Hey ​@dvaliao,
The app was updated and I was logged in into the same account in the browser and in the app, so I tried clearing the desktop app’s cache and restarting the laptop and it worked!! Thank you so much.


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