Detach & Clean Utilities

About this plugin

What it doesThis plugin helps you simplify and flatten designs so they’re easier to export, hand off, or animate. It removes structure and effects that often cause problems in Lottie, code, or presentations.Structure & cleanupDetach All — Detach all component instances so everything becomes plain vectors, frames, and shapes.Remove Layout — Strip auto layout from selected frames so you get fixed layouts instead of constraints.Remove Hidden — Delete hidden layers and their styles.Remove Empty — Remove empty groups and frames.Remove Subtle — Remove fills, strokes, and effects below a chosen opacity threshold (with preview before applying).FlatteningFlatten Styles — Bake shared styles into local fills, strokes, and effects.Flatten Hierarchy — Merge nested groups into a flatter structure.Smart Flatten — Combine flattening steps in one action.Lottie exportFlatten for Lottie — One-click prep: detach, remove layout and hidden layers, convert inner shadows to strokes, flatten transforms, and outline strokes so the file is more Lottie-friendly.Check for Lottie — Scan the selection and list nodes that may cause issues in Lottie export.Convert toConvert to Draft — Detach, remove layout, and flatten hierarchy for a simpler draft version.Convert to Wireframe — Turn fills into black outlines for wireframe-style feedback.Convert to Blueprint — Convert the design into a blueprint-style look.ShadowsConvert Inner Shadows — Turn inner shadows into strokes so they work better in Lottie and other exports.Force Split Shadows — Split combined shadow effects into separate layers.Remove Shadow Spreads — Remove spread from drop shadows where needed.StrokesFlatten All Strokes — Flatten strokes into fills.Outline Strokes with Caps — Outline strokes while keeping caps (round, square, etc.).Clean Up Strokes — Simplify and clean stroke setup.When to use itUse it when you need to prep a frame for Lottie, simplify a component for dev handoff, strip a design down to a wireframe or blueprint, or clean up a messy file before export.Note: This plugin is still in beta. Features and behavior may change as we improve it.