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title: Usage overview
description: Docker extension CLI
keywords: Docker, extensions, sdk, CLI
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- /desktop/extensions-sdk/dev/cli/usage/
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The Extensions CLI is an extension development tool that is used to manage Docker extensions. Actions include install, list, remove, and validate extensions.

- `docker extension enable` enables Docker extensions.
- `docker extension dev` commands for extension development.
- `docker extension disable` disables Docker extensions.
- `docker extension init` creates a new Docker extension.
- `docker extension install ` installs a Docker Extension with the specified image.
- `docker extension ls` list installed Docker extensions.
- `docker extension rm` removes a Docker extension.
- `docker extension update` removes and re-installs a Docker extension.
- `docker extension validate` validates the extension metadata file against the JSON schema.
