The format has a job.
Someone gave you a SHA checksum and you need to create the same kind of fingerprint for comparison.
Utilities & Security
Turn text into a SHA checksum.
Generate SHA-256, SHA-384 or SHA-512 hashes locally for quick integrity checks, comparisons and technical workflows.
SHA-256 checksum
Your checksum will appear here.A hash is a fingerprint for data, not encryption. You cannot turn a SHA hash back into the original text.
Useful to know
Four things worth knowing.
Similar-looking strings are not interchangeable.
A hash is not encryption, and a raw SHA hash is not a safe password-storage scheme on its own.
Check the exact requirement.
Use the same SHA algorithm on both values and compare the full checksum, not just the first or last few characters.
Use the purpose-built version.
For file verification, compare against a checksum published by a source you already trust.