View history displays a log of every logged-in team and organization member or invited guest who has visited your file, along with time passed since their most recent visit. This helps your team collaborate asynchronously and confirm who has seen your file. This setting applies to Figma Design, FigJam, and Figma Slides.

Here’s how it works:

• Logged-in collaborators in the same team or organization, including invited guests, are recorded as having viewed the file and are shown viewer history for the file
• Visitors to a file from a public link, open session, or those outside your team or organization will not be recorded in view history and can only see current viewers

See viewer history

To see who has viewed your file, click your avatar in the right sidebar. The dropdown will show you who is Currently viewing your file and anyone who Previously viewed your file. Hover over a person’s name and click the ellipsis to view their profile.

Change your viewer settings

If you want to opt out of being recorded as a viewer on files for all teams and organizations you are part of, you can do so from your account settings. This setting is enabled to your entire account and can’t be managed on a team or organization basis.

To do so:

1. Open Figma in the file browser.
2. Select your avatar in the top-left corner to open the account menu.
3. Select Settings to open the settings modal.
4. Go to Account > View history > and click Change preference.
5. Select Off.

At this point, your future file viewing history will no longer be recorded or visible to others. You also won’t be able to see your teammates’ file history going forward. Existing viewer history is not removed from files visited before opting out.