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Written by Figma Man

Updated at June 19th, 2025

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Create a project

Who can use this feature

Available on all plans.

Only owners, admins, and those with can edit permission to teams or projects can make changes to projects.

Projects allow you to group related files together.

Create a project

To create a new project:

  1. From the file browser, select a team from the left sidebar.
  2. Click + Project.

Team members access the project files based on their team permissions, which can only be can edit for Starter plans. You can also add collaborators to the project who are not members of the team.

From the Create new project modal, enter the following details:

  1. Enter a project Name.
  2. Click Next.
  3. Add the emails of any users you’d like to add to the project and set their permissions:
    1. Can edit: Users can view and edit files in the project.
    2. Can view: User can only view files in the project.
  4. Click Create project.

Note: If you try to change the team access level to can view or remove team access to the project, you will be prompted to upgrade your plan.

From the Create new project modal, enter the the following details:

  1. Enter a project Name.
  2. Click Continue.
  3. Add the emails of any users you’d like to add to the project. You can adjust permissions for each invited team member via the Share settings once the project is created.
  4. Click Create project.

Projects in an organization have audience access settings. This controls the default access organization members have to find and view teams and projects.

From the Create new project modal, enter the the following details:

  1. Enter a project Name.
  2. Set audience access
    1. [Organization name]: Anyone in your organization can find and view the project
    2. Only invited people: Only organization members who are explicitly invited to the project can access it
  3. If you’ve set organization access to anyone in [Organization name], set their permissions:
    1. View: Users can only view the project. Access to individual files depend on file permissions.
    2. Edit: Users can create and edit files in this project.
  4. Click Continue.
  5. Add the emails of any users you’d like to add to the project. You can adjust permissions for each invited team member via the Share settings once the project is created.
  6. Click Create project.

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