Figma is moving drafts into team spaces

Starting this week, Figma is rolling out a new drafts experience for users on Starter and Professional teams. The change relocates drafts from outside the team structure into a dedicated drafts space within each team. The rollout will reach all remaining users on October 15th.

If you're on a Starter or Professional plan, you'll see a new space called "Drafts to move" containing your existing drafts. You can move those files into the relevant team's drafts space, or create a free Starter team to hold personal work. Drafts remain private when moved, and creating and editing drafts stays free. The prompt may not appear immediately, since Figma is rolling the update out over several days.

Why drafts are changing

Figma cites several problems with the current model, where drafts live outside of teams. Drafts on Starter and Professional plans don't match the model used on Organization and Enterprise plans, which slows product improvements. Files not associated with a team also lack access to paid features such as advanced prototyping, password protection, and Dev Mode.

There's also a security concern: design work outside a team doesn't have a clear separation between personal and professional drafts, leading to unclear file permissions and potential unintended file loss.

What changes for Starter and Professional teams

Figma is aligning drafts on these plans with the structure already used elsewhere:

  • All drafts must be associated with a team. A new drop-down navigation helps you reach your teams.
  • Each team you belong to gets its own private drafts space.
  • Drafts on a Professional team gain access to Professional plan features if you're an editor.
  • When you move a draft, its editors must be full members of that team. Figma will reset editors who aren't full members to viewers to avoid unexpected paid seats, so you or an admin may need to re-grant edit access afterward.

If you have only one Starter team, Figma will auto-migrate your drafts into the new drafts space within that team.

What stays the same

While the location changes, the core behavior of drafts is unchanged:

  • Drafts remain private to you and anyone you've shared them with.
  • You can keep creating and editing drafts free of charge.
  • On a Starter team, you can invite unlimited viewers, plus unlimited editors on up to three collaborative files.

How the transition works

When you open "Drafts to move," you'll be prompted to move files into a drafts space within a team of your choosing. Personal work not tied to any team can go into a free Starter team you create.

You can still edit drafts in "Drafts to Move" alongside existing collaborators while you work through the transition. To invite new collaborators, though, you'll need to move the file into a team first.

There's no hard deadline yet. Figma says unmoved drafts will eventually be migrated to a new free Starter plan, with advance notice before that happens.

What's next

The move is groundwork for future billing improvements. Figma is currently working on:

  • Clearer upgrade prompts so it's more obvious when a user moves to a paid editor seat.
  • Freelancer-focused features like better project hand-off and support for users who belong to multiple teams.
  • Easier license management, including improvements to the admin dashboard and guest management on Starter and Professional teams.

Figma is also beginning a redesign of its core billing experience, though that work will take time.

This is largely an information architecture change, and Figma acknowledges it will create extra work for users with many drafts. The company points to help center documentation for more details on the update.