How to verify Windows 10 version 2004 ISO file hash using PowerShell

Microsoft now provides SHA256 hash values to confirm the Windows 10 ISO file has not tampered with, corrupted, or altered from the original, and here's how to validate the download.

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Windows 10 ISO hash check
Windows 10 ISO hash check

Starting with the Windows 10 version 2004 (May 2020 Update), Microsoft begins to offer hashes to help you verify the data integrity and authenticity of the Windows 10 ISO file download.

A hash is a mathematical signature (string of text) that’s calculated using a cryptographic algorithm (SHA-1, SHA-256, MD5) on a piece data. If any change occurs after the checksum was calculated the hash value of data will also change.

In this case, the SHA256 hashes that Microsoft provides allow to use PowerShell to verify that the Windows 10 ISO file you’re downloading hasn’t been tampered with or corrupted.

In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to verify the integrity and authenticity of the version 2004 ISO file on Windows 10.

How to verify Windows 10 ISO hasn’t been corrupted or tampered with

To verify the Windows 10 ISO checksum, use these steps:

  1. Open File Explorer.

  2. Navigate to the folder containing the Windows 10 ISO file.

  3. Type the following command in the address bar and press Enter:

    powershell

    File Explorer launch PowerShell
    File Explorer launch PowerShell

  4. Type the following command to check the SHA256 hash of the Windows 10 ISO file and press Enter: 

    Get-FileHash .\Win10_2004_English_x64.iso
    Get-FileHash command
    Get-FileHash command
    Quick tip: In the command, make sure to update the file name with the name correspond to your download.

  5. Confirm the hash result against the hashes provided by Microsoft. For example, A9EFD2329ED805A6A58E0E0101F9B22AD4031E80E2C663C571CD004DB26D2F31 should be the checksum result when checking the ISO file for the 64-bit architecture of the Windows May 2020 Update (English).

If the output matches, then you can confirm that the ISO file is not corrupted, and it’s authentic.

Windows 10 version 2004 SHA256 hash values

Here’s the list of the hash values for each architecture and language of Window 10 version 2004:

  • Arabic 64-bit: 869BA1848C444140C87A6995A136ED8CD7F14DFE69907023BACF430229770D02
  • Arabic 32-bit: 0BA24CF7E94FBFDC0666FE01D082EEFCDB48940D2462C8C584E237CB7B42DA05
  • Bulgarian 64-bit: B6C88B2CB1618C83D2DB59DC79BB4935F8EFC3DC5279AE9C7A4A6B2D7B62A6A0
  • Bulgarian 32-bit: 211D2044E4A90C363E76EABF395EBF6638560F06655C5C397C2525D317787E24
  • Chinese Simplified 64-bit: E04E4B96B2CBE7A2AFE4889630958B46CD70F5DFF39A8283E8AD106C3D2F75B5
  • Chinese Simplified 32-bit: 325D3B31FFB86586572997CF036A615244AC073879F977BFB0F0467E5F0B5169
  • Chinese Traditional 64-bit: 4975BB3A9BB0FEA8DA772E366836E48E33EBA4DB0E7513C1E0F3A3087607C439
  • Chinese Traditional 32-bit: 25ACE770E8FD366AE0C861B0E01561CB5DEBD537ABB181584EE7EF16938022EF
  • Croatian 64-bit: 497151C206697842712A63637ED702A1AF05CBEC73A728D8CD341BBA1FCC9ACF
  • Croatian 32-bit: 4F6178F8FB17E8D0AAB2554355D68D05AFA918402B2B5762F72F68EC4B553D61
  • Czech 64-bit: 673927697D64316CCA7BE258ABFA07F6C861317B404D10AA6A77EBDB1395026F
  • Czech 32-bit: F9F8F881F8F71D3186C3963BDD85A734C0634EAFEDACC7E4C461A12C2C31893A
  • Danish 64-bit: 2281062E4013AAD18320B53A8192D0F0C03C7A0D2D12F674E9BC8FE0E0B3C59E
  • Danish 32-bit: A6D29392006DD9629640F39B4AD1BC92B81C9116EC15AEC59713D6D99770543C
  • Dutch 64-bit: 059D59BFB72260DEC0981C0747190FEB6FA7911E6653F071FACE0B91490FE84A
  • Dutch 32-bit: D37E044F03F5C27164731213C19B08C4655ACAE3D55B4D1D82867ED1675E7D6A
  • English 64-bit: A9EFD2329ED805A6A58E0E0101F9B22AD4031E80E2C663C571CD004DB26D2F31
  • English 32-bit: 34DEDA035093417D811DBE4A6EB4CCB6A5D9E86F586395C93DE3C73D5D9B5D2B
  • English International 64-bit: 4D7D73409B36E44462C690EC58AE0DC6846B01307799432FBD542388D4AD30E7
  • English International 32-bit: 982E7E93B31CB5790DAEF5CB4C48A0A18A993333C43AEEC94970883E049BA324
  • Estonian 64-bit: EC0991DE5189D54312B93AE61187836299C109C167D48C3BDF9771AC5CC4402B
  • Estonian 32-bit: C33BCAA592C563636B5C69517F3904E7D0436ED9FDA5201756C5694A48AA6E2A
  • Finnish 64-bit: 35008D60E05E99A27D8FFD0F9BF91CA0CF1ABD293AD02A8A4B6A6680567498F9
  • Finnish 32-bit: C5276BD1580EE4FA9D23B27D6108DA0CDEA36FA972AE51BCF850F622221A2539
  • French 64-bit: 567EAB53626F7865F93D96BDCCC61C5D63F5B95F6CC9C82CA6AABF5282BEED90
  • French 32-bit: B717494E2C8D63E7DA0A1537A45EC5EE0F3C4F3DCAD488AD444A0779DAF3B8B3
  • French Canadian 64-bit: 84F7792CF7C2F5CBF963C54494FD4B51F097F201B93E4DFC966A21D9EE262A68
  • French Canadian 32-bit: 8FE59E2E703952F4EC58AC084EC7F9DB48B647B8101631DF8FA741275B849061
  • German 64-bit: 17C710909A722392A32B3A4364471838588C2F408B4B6DBCDCE990F0547F1074
  • German 32-bit: 83C5C496424BB6D8775C5AFEA92DD893E4DBB7AE2D6DA0BEFC85605B77AD5178
  • Greek 64-bit: E8B637253D1CD4EE6AA0C1562C1AE5C80C7250614D35FB39A4B6D1CB431B80A5
  • Greek 32-bit: 3FD3717399E2223401AAF0F14DF68139488AD3F80567954FB12C5C94F01F2432
  • Hebrew 64-bit: EE314732FBBB9EB2A8E58B32F63747432C9C45317EAD06E46E037B25F90CF618
  • Hebrew 32-bit: 6AB6B03E2AC85609F7F80970B622EBED4C3E0D3893FFC77D6B7F76BCC94DC5CC
  • Hungarian 64-bit: 0EA3DD7EECF65BA355E0961311B5659C13474B36F3A517F336D34D7E1A4C7139
  • Hungarian 32-bit: E49CF557B7CBF072BBCF1CD35271B37CCAF87819670290ECDE30DE1FD6B0E888
  • Italian 64-bit: CA6DE4BF66E1DBB83612D6DD34E554403DB1208439D8F28EC151565E4A9F4028
  • Italian 32-bit: DB3D52F36B1E718C9B01AA3761F75C107A9D5922705D45C9E89C166ABD0B7B14
  • Japanese 64-bit: 6FEC5075735660F482405C2AA0283EA76C70F88AAAE20E05A26E836B95BB8998
  • Japanese 32-bit: A33266C617E21FCE9D29A43684866EF3C9A24ACB3B48806A9729CAC099C96189
  • Korean 64-bit: DC03ECB2B5090BB219DE90091361CCFA0E5310C5EDCDEE9A0EAE3E42BE81804E
  • Korean 32-bit: 7DB4E81418210C79CE6AF9D85FB6E48ECAAB37D1DBB35B5156DCEA8C82C5706D
  • Latvian 64-bit: 06379A910F38AC29C7A81961049B1381E7FD8CA53BB4F1BABB07692DC932ED95
  • Latvian 32-bit: D36E4B6688259E7651C5EEEA6B97A7E48D07049AE2EB87D5B5CE20CAE48EECE7
  • Lithuanian 64-bit: C9374915B6E6695EABCF8EAD5F4335B58D47EB2A4096B74198CF8ADE7FE33720
  • Lithuanian 32-bit: A58EDDC8B2ACD78A3B418E7FC5DB831350D6776953E119D5F0476544186162BC
  • Norwegian 64-bit: 248EB95D23A5B06203C2ED605F9AC3BF778EC3953DA7AF76C3F5B38F6DB59198
  • Norwegian 32-bit: 956F5CA9EDD36880C9CDE425B11BD710F1440A3BEDE4071246A927BAE5F49E92
  • Polish 64-bit: EF21D12C098017615BFC9A325A7244576654C4C6834934CB6D1658AB981D6501
  • Polish 32-bit: 2B646F0566745600216B76BE163C409B1A8DEB2205CABEBA8A12DBD2961F4E8E
  • Brazilian Portuguese 64-bit: 9F8AB79DCC6628C6DF6EC633890EA841AB2446BA25A414E7BD947D75BAC82CCD
  • Brazilian Portuguese 32-bit: 9D121F073AA068BAFD8B6425C721CB8D923C76A8BD9714D9723B195726BD5BF0
  • Portuguese 64-bit: 81D02C6B6553A842DFEB28EA3A4E1C7714DC9CA1852FC0F348FE8047AD822EF0
  • Portuguese 32-bit: 2E8945C774C9D47DDBC7B4E244E15DE869D534D1F834856A04C93DD79477C3E0
  • Romanian 64-bit: 8C505C9203516CCDE25429683CEFFA706ABE29DB507FDED344EFCDC58592BF7A
  • Romanian 32-bit: 18A621A73EB68D8B04F46BB5023D182F1A96C84D72371C63A23926A82CC8AA43
  • Russian 64-bit: D4CDA51B4F4B61E3D82A6EF04B8860F93C62FFA48D387A9AC28855C2E9CFC5BD
  • Russian 32-bit: 0DC53C74F861938E47490861DC1AA4F917BD4C567173C1B43B14B9999E363B0C
  • Serbian Latin 64-bit: 261494434A95D5A03F251AF32A52621A5ABA6776DC84B2ED6D748C862F0B14FA
  • Serbian Latin 32-bit: 748E16E39CF61EEC0999FFE10C420A0DC071038CDD379895966AC2C4BD16DC68
  • Slovak 64-bit: 6E9B813E01032B0D22D682EB9914CB1C4E4880797B11A98E808788ABDB653948
  • Slovak 32-bit: E4906F6F7A6FAD9675106463D76C2A78AD77107F8CFD86BCD4595C50D95C0E70
  • Slovenian 64-bit: 35174A0080D1EAA8CD619591E54ED10E4D5549166F029BF7A6729EEF2532F7FB
  • Slovenian 32-bit: 779A879244063C9BBE11EC02F17383AD265F11D775C3C001DC23E8818F14820A
  • Spanish 64-bit: 443CFA90E2D0A8FCA281294997C9C9CA605D33FC78A010B39F04728E64C0B343
  • Spanish 32-bit: 7C14C8FA47E48D24E9CD777DF6B079352CB6F37079382645875569DDBEBA1964
  • Spanish (Mexico) 64-bit: 78814BF445C237F58556B18008FDAC64E32B16B2400C04EE17BFA79E8CC4319A
  • Spanish (Mexico) 32-bit: D0A86807136F13B3EB483A524DBCB156CDFF573036F3330D5FB7975BE812F31F
  • Swedish 64-bit: 29943DF2747F37CF20FE3D08D729F50638486A8E0D95366227A0C5B6427337FC
  • Swedish 32-bit: E916B76AF280E14FD00CF2D067A14D9A0B14E76AFF60853EC80C8115DD48CE48
  • Thai 64-bit: DC897C2AF3AEADA082B28A34B7852D906EAACE00CA232A1F759CAC878CDD9AC1
  • Thai 32-bit: 6EFEA4AA404044C941D7D0B001583808500CF5BCA890A359AB1E6D9DF3F9B754
  • Turkish 64-bit: E099123E84BAD6C89431ABABB6F00A67989E5257D33815B32304D6095D38F50F
  • Turkish 32-bit: AE29E2B65CB52DE482F1BD2204D28CD47A94A02B9D6C85713025AAE1D1893625
  • Ukrainian 64-bit: 58665BFE9DAF754708A8C6D8348BFA46C26D7017EB78F5C425589ADB70393C64
  • Ukrainian 32-bit: 61AE0D59D4B0061930A2CC63C9D738A2620CA6D4A09072B2B663000A3437B38E

Microsoft provides the hash values when using this method to download the ISO file of Windows 10.

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Mauro Huculak is a Windows How-To Expert who started Pureinfotech in 2010 as an independent online publication. He has also been a Windows Central contributor for nearly a decade. Mauro has over 15 years of experience writing comprehensive guides and creating professional videos about Windows and software, including Android and Linux. Before becoming a technology writer, he was an IT administrator for seven years. In total, Mauro has over 21 years of combined experience in technology. Throughout his career, he achieved different professional certifications from Microsoft (MSCA), Cisco (CCNP), VMware (VCP), and CompTIA (A+ and Network+), and he has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for many years. You can follow him on X (Twitter), YouTube, LinkedIn and About.me. Email him at [email protected].