Settings and feedback for Docker Extensions

Table of contents

Settings

Turn on or turn off extensions

Docker Extensions is switched on by default. To change your settings:

  1. Navigate to Settings.
  2. Select the Extensions tab.
  3. Next to Enable Docker Extensions, select or clear the checkbox to set your desired state.
  4. In the bottom-right corner, select Apply & Restart.

Note

If you are an organization owner, you can turn off extensions for your users. Open the settings-store.json file, and set "extensionsEnabled" to false. The settings-store.json file (or settings.json for Docker Desktop versions 4.34 and earlier) is located at:

  • ~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.docker/settings-store.json on Mac
  • C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Docker\settings-store.json on Windows

This can also be done with Hardened Docker Desktop

Turn on or turn off extensions not available in the Marketplace

You can install extensions through the Marketplace or through the Extensions SDK tools. You can choose to only allow published extensions. These are extensions that have been reviewed and published in the Extensions Marketplace.

  1. Navigate to Settings.
  2. Select the Extensions tab.
  3. Next to Allow only extensions distributed through the Docker Marketplace, select or clear the checkbox to set your desired state.
  4. In the bottom-right corner, select Apply & Restart.

See containers created by extensions

By default, containers created by extensions are hidden from the list of containers in the Docker Desktop Dashboard and the Docker CLI. To make them visible update your settings:

  1. Navigate to Settings.
  2. Select the Extensions tab.
  3. Next to Show Docker Extensions system containers, select or clear the checkbox to set your desired state.
  4. In the bottom-right corner, select Apply & Restart.

Note

Enabling extensions doesn't use computer resources (CPU / Memory) by itself.

Specific extensions might use computer resources, depending on the features and implementation of each extension, but there is no reserved resources or usage cost associated with enabling extensions.

Submit feedback

Feedback can be given to an extension author through a dedicated Slack channel or GitHub. To submit feedback about a particular extension:

  1. Navigate to the Docker Desktop Dashboard and select the Manage tab. This displays a list of extensions you've installed.
  2. Select the extension you want to provide feedback on.
  3. Scroll down to the bottom of the extension's description and, depending on the extension, select:
    • Support
    • Slack
    • Issues. You'll be sent to a page outside of Docker Desktop to submit your feedback.

If an extension doesn't provide a way for you to give feedback, contact us and we'll pass on the feedback for you. To provide feedback, select the Give feedback to the right of Extensions Marketplace.