How To Clean Up A Messy Figma File. How to keep your Figma designs clean — with clever ideas for neat setup and better maintenance (check contributors and guides below ↓)
✅ Use sections (Shift+S) to separate happy path from edge cases.
✅ Use “/” in your naming conventions, e.g. Button / Primary.
✅ Use blank pages “-“, “***”, “___” or “— NAME —” to create chapters.
✅ Bulk name layers by pressing ⌘/Ctrl+R with all of them selected.
✅ Use Ctrl/⌘ + R for naming for every new layer, frame etc.
✅ Whenever you repeat yourself, create a style/variable for it.
✅ Use sections: they don’t show in presentation mode; frames do.
✅ Create a thumbnail for each of your files to make them easier to find.
✅ Use “Save to version history” (⌘/Ctrl+⌥+S) to track changes.
🚫 Stop using groups: only use frames for resizing, content overflow etc.
🖼️ Cover page: key details and the table of contents of the file.
🕹 Iteration Pages: As you iterate, duplicate page, add a timestamp.
🧱 Component pages: Keep all components on a dedicated page.
⏳ Before-and-after page: visually communicate the progress made.
🧠 Brainstorm page: a messy page to ideate, explore, moodboards.
✤ Useful resources:
How To Keep Figma Clean, by Anna Gordiyevska 🇺🇦
How To Structure Figma Files and Projects With AI, by ⚡️Zander Whitehurst
How we Organize our Files and Projects in Figma, by Darshan Gajara
Figma Workspace Template, by Christina Yang, Raquel Piqueras Herrero
How To Build a Clean File Thumbnail Component, by Patrick Morgan
How To Structure Figma Component Library, by Luis Ouriach
Five Mini Resolutions For Your Figma Files, by Molly Hellmuth Tsacudakis
How We Organize Design Files and Cover Pages in Figma, by Lee Munroe
How To Build Trust By Organizing Your Figma Files, by Raquel Piqueras Herrero
How To Clean Up Messy Figma Files, by Edward Chechique