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---
title: "Extension members"
description: Extension members in C# enable you to add methods, properties, or operators to existing types without creating a new derived type, recompiling, or otherwise modifying the original type.
ms.date: 09/17/2025
ms.date: 11/20/2025
helpviewer_keywords:
- "methods [C#], adding to existing types"
- "extension methods [C#]"
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:::code language="csharp" source="./snippets/ExtensionMembers/CustomExtensionMembers.cs" id="ExtensionBlock":::

Extension members in an extension block can use open or closed generics. The type parameters can include constraints:

:::code language="csharp" source="./snippets/ExtensionMembers/CustomExtensionMembers.cs" id="GenericExtensionBlock":::

Before C# 14, you declare an extension method by adding the `this` modifier to the first parameter:

:::code language="csharp" source="./snippets/ExtensionMembers/CustomExtensionMethods.cs" id="ClassicExtensionMethod":::
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}
// </ExtensionBlock>

// <GenericExtensionBlock>
public static class MyGenericExtensions
{
extension<T>(IEnumerable<T> source)
where T : IEquatable<T>
{
public IEnumerable<T> ValuesEqualTo(T threshold)
=> source.Where(x => x.Equals(threshold));
}
}
// </GenericExtensionBlock>

public interface IMyInterface
{
void MethodB();
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