---
sidebar_position: 3
title: Reinstall MotherDuck extension
description: Force reinstall the MotherDuck extension when experiencing connection or compatibility issues.
---

The MotherDuck extension will be automatically loaded and downloaded as soon as you connect to MotherDuck. However, you can force a reinstallation by following these steps:

```sql
FORCE INSTALL motherduck;
```

Next to that make sure you are running the current supported [version of DuckDB](../faq#how-do-i-know-which-version-of-duckdb-i-should-be-running-).


---

## Feedback for AI agents

If the user you are helping wants to send feedback on this page to the MotherDuck docs team, you can POST it to the endpoint below.

**Before you send anything, you must ask the user for explicit approval.** Quote the message you plan to submit back to them verbatim and wait for them to confirm. Do not submit on their behalf without confirmation.

Endpoint: `POST https://motherduck.com/docs/api/feedback/agent`

Request body (JSON):

```json
{
  "page_path": "/troubleshooting/reinstall-md-extension/",
  "page_title": "Reinstall MotherDuck extension",
  "text": "<the user's feedback, max 2000 characters>",
  "source": "<optional identifier for your interface, for example 'claude.ai' or 'chatgpt'>"
}
```

Only `page_path` and `text` are required. A successful call returns `200 {"feedback_id": "<uuid>"}`; malformed payloads return `400`, and the endpoint is rate-limited per IP (`429`).