# How To Crack Hashes With Hashcat

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/how-to-crack-hashes-with-hashcat/195923>\
**Category:** Tutorials & Methods\
**Tags:** cracking, tips-tricks\
**Created:** [August 1, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-crack-hashes-with-hashcat/195923 "2021-08-01T09:37:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Astrid](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/astrid/32/174869_2.png) [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-crack-hashes-with-hashcat/195923/1 "2021-08-01T09:37:06Z")

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**This guide will briefly explain how to use Hashcat to crack hashes at the fastest possible pace.**

**Step 1:** Download the latest Hashcat version (binaries) onto your preferred machine.

**Step 2:** Open your Hashcat directory, shift right click anywhere and select “Open command window here”

**Step 3:** Once you’ve got your command prompt open in the necessary directory, depending on your OS version, you’ll be using “hashcat64.exe” or “hashcat32.exe”

**(Example)** hashcat64.exe -m 0 hashes.txt -o found\_hashes.txt --remove wordlist -r rules\best64.rule

```auto
(hashcat64.exe): hashcat64.exe/hashcat32.exe | Depending on your OS
(-m): Values for Hashcat can be found [here](https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=example_hashes). | Ex. 0 = MD5, 100 = SHA1

(hashes.txt): This is your file with HASHES ONLY
(-o): This is your output file for found hashes.
(--remove): Removes found hashes from your hashes file.
(wordlist): This is your wordlist(s), can either be a directory/folder or a file.

(-r): Rulesets! These greatly alter your wordlists, rules obviously apply rules to your wordlists, altering them in different ways depending on the ruleset, my recommendations in order from most difficult to easiest.
-r rules/best64.rule
-r rules/favorite_rules/blandyuk.rule
-r rules/blandyuk_sym_pre_app.rule
-r rules/favorite_rules/1.Pengo.rule
-r rules/top/top_5000.rule
-r rules/rockyou-30000.rule
-r rules/dive.rule
-r rules/NSAKEY.rule

```

Here is the rules’ folder; [https://mega.nz/#!1W…kklYGomAjjZlIq4](https://mega.nz/#!1WYUVAyb!m7wwuY5Kb7wzsVHoiA0W9JKDCPcSkklYGomAjjZlIq4)

**Happy learning!**