Changing hash used for blocks in an existing backup set

Unfortunately, hash (like passphrase and blocksize) is one of the settings that can’t be changed once a backup has been created.

If you try to run a backup in which the --blockhash has been changed from it’s original value, you’ll get something similar the message below.

Note that there is a tool that can let you do things like change the passphrase (by downloading, re-encrypting, re-uploading EVERY file) but I doubt they’ll be able to do a blockhash change.


You have attempted to change the parameter "blockhash" from "SHA256" to "SHA512", which is not supported. Please configure a new clean backup if you want to change the parameter.