Content: When using Figma MCP in the Codex app, I cannot switch to a different Figma account. After uninstalling/reinstalling, disabling/enabling the MCP integration, and reconnecting, the app always loads the same previous credentials (possibly cached). There is no visible option to clear the sto…

I found workaround: delete the Codex MCP credentials from the macOS Keychain, restart the Codex app, then the Figma MCP item list will have the option to log in again, but this is a hack :stuck_out_tongue: .

dude thank you for this i was starting to lose my mind

This works! OpenAI needs to find a better way to clear/re-authenticate to MCP servers as this isn’t a good way to do so

Don’t get wrong UI interfaces, Codex App it’s not fully featured for all scenarios, it’s just better UX to work with agentic coding. But you tottaly can fully control Codex by CLI tool, the same as Claude Code. For the problem you described, please open terminal and type codex mcp logout figma th…

I found a useful workaround while using the Figma plugin instead of Figma MCP. There’s some confusion between plugins and apps. In ChatGPT, they are called apps, while in Codex, they’re referred to as plugins, but they sync up. Maybe there is another difference between plugins and apps, but for thi…

Codex app cannot re-authenticate Figma MCP, old credentials are always reused with no way to switch account

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DUDE!!! Thank you I was so frustrated!!

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Codex app cannot re-authenticate Figma MCP, old credentials are always reused with no way to switch account

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