How to reduce Figma memory usage

It’s a warm summer evening. It’s getting late and you’re also late with your designs! Your Figma file constantly freezing makes your blood run cold. The deadline is set and the clock is ticking. You look up at the night sky and wonder why this is always happening to you…?

Sounds familiar? Worry no more! Here are some tips on how you can reduce memory usage and speed up your Figma files. Just avoid these four common mistakes to enjoy stressless designer life.

1. Large files with multiple pages

It’s tempting to keep everything in one file. It may seem convenient to have all the components, wireframes, designs, illustrations, prototypes, screenshots, archives, and workspaces for each designer involved neatly spread across multiple pages of one humongous franken-file.

It may work just fine for small projects. However, when your design system starts to grow things can quickly get nasty. Not only will it be difficult to browse through all the pages, but also your memory usage will grow fast.

Organizing files

At this point, you might consider splitting your main file into smaller ones. The basic setup would be to have separate files for the external component library and final designs. For complex projects, the component library might…