diff --git a/src/addons/mod/folder/components/index/index.ts b/src/addons/mod/folder/components/index/index.ts
index 40daf4693..3039947ce 100644
--- a/src/addons/mod/folder/components/index/index.ts
+++ b/src/addons/mod/folder/components/index/index.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export class AddonModFolderIndexComponent extends CoreCourseModuleMainResourceCo
             subfolder: folder,
         };
 
-        const hash = <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(folder.filepath);
+        const hash = Md5.hashAsciiStr(folder.filepath);
 
         CoreNavigator.navigateToSitePath(
             `${AddonModFolderModuleHandlerService.PAGE_NAME}/${this.courseId}/${this.module.id}/${hash}`,
diff --git a/src/addons/mod/wiki/components/index/index.ts b/src/addons/mod/wiki/components/index/index.ts
index cb078be54..0697049ff 100644
--- a/src/addons/mod/wiki/components/index/index.ts
+++ b/src/addons/mod/wiki/components/index/index.ts
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ export class AddonModWikiIndexComponent extends CoreCourseModuleMainActivityComp
      * @returns Promise.
      */
     protected async openPageOrSubwiki(options: AddonModWikiOpenPageOptions): Promise<void> {
-        const hash = <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify({
+        const hash = Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify({
             ...options,
             timestamp: Date.now(),
         }));
diff --git a/src/addons/mod/wiki/services/handlers/page-or-map-link.ts b/src/addons/mod/wiki/services/handlers/page-or-map-link.ts
index 5d6b63360..c6b9f0835 100644
--- a/src/addons/mod/wiki/services/handlers/page-or-map-link.ts
+++ b/src/addons/mod/wiki/services/handlers/page-or-map-link.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class AddonModWikiPageOrMapLinkHandlerService extends CoreContentLinksHan
                         { siteId, readingStrategy: CoreSitesReadingStrategy.PREFER_CACHE },
                     );
 
-                    const hash = <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify({
+                    const hash = Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify({
                         pageId: page.id,
                         pageTitle: page.title,
                         subwikiId: page.subwikiid,
diff --git a/src/addons/privatefiles/pages/index/index.ts b/src/addons/privatefiles/pages/index/index.ts
index 43d699e15..a241b1474 100644
--- a/src/addons/privatefiles/pages/index/index.ts
+++ b/src/addons/privatefiles/pages/index/index.ts
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ export class AddonPrivateFilesIndexPage implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
             params.filename = '';
         }
 
-        const hash = <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify(params));
+        const hash = Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify(params));
 
         CoreNavigator.navigate(`../${hash}`, { params });
     }
diff --git a/src/core/classes/sites/authenticated-site.ts b/src/core/classes/sites/authenticated-site.ts
index a71f28237..22f614105 100644
--- a/src/core/classes/sites/authenticated-site.ts
+++ b/src/core/classes/sites/authenticated-site.ts
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ export class CoreAuthenticatedSite extends CoreUnauthenticatedSite {
      */
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     protected getCacheId(method: string, data: any): string {
-        return <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(method + ':' + CoreUtils.sortAndStringify(data));
+        return Md5.hashAsciiStr(method + ':' + CoreUtils.sortAndStringify(data));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/core/features/course/services/module-prefetch-delegate.ts b/src/core/features/course/services/module-prefetch-delegate.ts
index bad90946d..9fc20ea79 100644
--- a/src/core/features/course/services/module-prefetch-delegate.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/course/services/module-prefetch-delegate.ts
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ export class CoreCourseModulePrefetchDelegateService extends CoreDelegate<CoreCo
      */
     async getCourseUpdates(modules: CoreCourseModuleData[], courseId: number): Promise<CourseUpdates> {
         // Check if there's already a getCourseUpdates in progress.
-        const id = <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(courseId + '#' + JSON.stringify(modules));
+        const id = Md5.hashAsciiStr(courseId + '#' + JSON.stringify(modules));
         const siteId = CoreSites.getCurrentSiteId();
 
         if (this.courseUpdatesPromises[siteId] && this.courseUpdatesPromises[siteId][id] !== undefined) {
diff --git a/src/core/features/h5p/classes/core.ts b/src/core/features/h5p/classes/core.ts
index 70e2c9f29..45132b185 100644
--- a/src/core/features/h5p/classes/core.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/h5p/classes/core.ts
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export class CoreH5PCore {
         toHash.sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b));
 
         // Calculate hash.
-        return <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(toHash.join(''));
+        return Md5.hashAsciiStr(toHash.join(''));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/core/features/login/services/login-helper.ts b/src/core/features/login/services/login-helper.ts
index 44ca38f7a..7f7bbfb4b 100644
--- a/src/core/features/login/services/login-helper.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/login/services/login-helper.ts
@@ -1104,14 +1104,14 @@ export class CoreLoginHelperProvider {
 
         // Validate the signature.
         // We need to check both http and https.
-        let signature = <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(launchSiteURL + passport);
+        let signature = Md5.hashAsciiStr(launchSiteURL + passport);
         if (signature != params[0]) {
             if (launchSiteURL.indexOf('https://') != -1) {
                 launchSiteURL = launchSiteURL.replace('https://', 'http://');
             } else {
                 launchSiteURL = launchSiteURL.replace('http://', 'https://');
             }
-            signature = <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(launchSiteURL + passport);
+            signature = Md5.hashAsciiStr(launchSiteURL + passport);
         }
 
         if (signature == params[0]) {
diff --git a/src/core/features/sharedfiles/components/list/list.ts b/src/core/features/sharedfiles/components/list/list.ts
index 827d06205..221a04295 100644
--- a/src/core/features/sharedfiles/components/list/list.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/sharedfiles/components/list/list.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export class CoreSharedFilesListComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
             return;
         }
 
-        const hash = <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(path);
+        const hash = Md5.hashAsciiStr(path);
 
         CoreNavigator.navigate(`../${hash}`, {
             params: {
diff --git a/src/core/features/sharedfiles/services/sharedfiles.ts b/src/core/features/sharedfiles/services/sharedfiles.ts
index 2cc359bb3..166fc6119 100644
--- a/src/core/features/sharedfiles/services/sharedfiles.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/sharedfiles/services/sharedfiles.ts
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ export class CoreSharedFilesProvider {
      * @returns File ID.
      */
     protected getFileId(entry: FileEntry): string {
-        return <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(entry.name);
+        return Md5.hashAsciiStr(entry.name);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/core/features/siteplugins/classes/handlers/course-option-handler.ts b/src/core/features/siteplugins/classes/handlers/course-option-handler.ts
index b6371dc46..1a57f74aa 100644
--- a/src/core/features/siteplugins/classes/handlers/course-option-handler.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/siteplugins/classes/handlers/course-option-handler.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export class CoreSitePluginsCourseOptionHandler extends CoreSitePluginsBaseHandl
         const args = {
             courseid: course.id,
         };
-        const hash = <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify(args));
+        const hash = Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify(args));
 
         return {
             title: this.title,
diff --git a/src/core/features/siteplugins/classes/handlers/user-handler.ts b/src/core/features/siteplugins/classes/handlers/user-handler.ts
index f9028e7c2..a8a50d07a 100644
--- a/src/core/features/siteplugins/classes/handlers/user-handler.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/siteplugins/classes/handlers/user-handler.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export class CoreSitePluginsUserProfileHandler extends CoreSitePluginsBaseHandle
                     courseid: contextId,
                     userid: user.id,
                 };
-                const hash = <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify(args));
+                const hash = Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify(args));
 
                 CoreNavigator.navigateToSitePath(
                     `siteplugins/content/${this.plugin.component}/${this.handlerSchema.method}/${hash}`,
diff --git a/src/core/features/siteplugins/components/only-title-block/only-title-block.ts b/src/core/features/siteplugins/components/only-title-block/only-title-block.ts
index f01d98432..34a6ce1dc 100644
--- a/src/core/features/siteplugins/components/only-title-block/only-title-block.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/siteplugins/components/only-title-block/only-title-block.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export class CoreSitePluginsOnlyTitleBlockComponent extends CoreBlockBaseCompone
             contextlevel: this.contextLevel,
             instanceid: this.instanceId,
         };
-        const hash = <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify(args));
+        const hash = Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify(args));
 
         CoreNavigator.navigateToSitePath(
             `siteplugins/content/${handler.plugin.component}/${handler.handlerSchema.method}/${hash}`,
diff --git a/src/core/features/siteplugins/components/plugin-content/plugin-content.ts b/src/core/features/siteplugins/components/plugin-content/plugin-content.ts
index 9e215702d..695c5cd3c 100644
--- a/src/core/features/siteplugins/components/plugin-content/plugin-content.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/siteplugins/components/plugin-content/plugin-content.ts
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ export class CoreSitePluginsPluginContentComponent implements OnInit, DoCheck {
 
         component = component || this.component;
         method = method || this.method;
-        const hash = <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify(args));
+        const hash = Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify(args));
 
         CoreNavigator.navigateToSitePath(`siteplugins/content/${component}/${method}/${hash}`, {
             params: {
diff --git a/src/core/features/siteplugins/directives/call-ws-new-content.ts b/src/core/features/siteplugins/directives/call-ws-new-content.ts
index e80331f45..729a8130a 100644
--- a/src/core/features/siteplugins/directives/call-ws-new-content.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/siteplugins/directives/call-ws-new-content.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export class CoreSitePluginsCallWSNewContentDirective extends CoreSitePluginsCal
         } else {
             const component = this.component || this.parentContent?.component;
             const method = this.method || this.parentContent?.method;
-            const hash = <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify(args));
+            const hash = Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify(args));
 
             CoreNavigator.navigateToSitePath(`siteplugins/content/${component}/${method}/${hash}`, {
                 params: {
diff --git a/src/core/features/siteplugins/directives/new-content.ts b/src/core/features/siteplugins/directives/new-content.ts
index 545991669..a22d57e2c 100644
--- a/src/core/features/siteplugins/directives/new-content.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/siteplugins/directives/new-content.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export class CoreSitePluginsNewContentDirective implements OnInit {
             } else {
                 const component = this.component || this.parentContent?.component;
                 const method = this.method || this.parentContent?.method;
-                const hash = <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify(args));
+                const hash = Md5.hashAsciiStr(JSON.stringify(args));
 
                 CoreNavigator.navigateToSitePath(`siteplugins/content/${component}/${method}/${hash}`, {
                     params: {
diff --git a/src/core/features/styles/services/styles.ts b/src/core/features/styles/services/styles.ts
index 343e056df..67ea5f19a 100644
--- a/src/core/features/styles/services/styles.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/styles/services/styles.ts
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export class CoreStylesService {
             contents = (await handler.getStyle(siteId, config)).trim();
         }
 
-        const hash = <string>Md5.hashAsciiStr(contents);
+        const hash = Md5.hashAsciiStr(contents);
 
         // Update the styles only if they have changed.
         if (this.stylesEls[siteId][handler.name] === hash) {
diff --git a/src/core/services/filepool.ts b/src/core/services/filepool.ts
index af8b9ab44..5b4ec6124 100644
--- a/src/core/services/filepool.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/filepool.ts
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ export class CoreFilepoolProvider {
      * @returns File download ID.
      */
     protected getFileDownloadId(fileUrl: string, filePath: string): string {
-        return <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(fileUrl + '###' + filePath);
+        return Md5.hashAsciiStr(fileUrl + '###' + filePath);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ export class CoreFilepoolProvider {
      * @returns Package ID.
      */
     getPackageId(component: string, componentId?: string | number): string {
-        return <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(component + '#' + this.fixComponentId(componentId));
+        return Md5.hashAsciiStr(component + '#' + this.fixComponentId(componentId));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/core/services/sites.ts b/src/core/services/sites.ts
index 09a27bafd..4a3353d94 100644
--- a/src/core/services/sites.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/sites.ts
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ export class CoreSitesProvider {
      * @returns Site ID.
      */
     createSiteID(siteUrl: string, username: string): string {
-        return <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(siteUrl + username);
+        return Md5.hashAsciiStr(siteUrl + username);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/core/services/utils/dom.ts b/src/core/services/utils/dom.ts
index 480f7dd23..129f5218f 100644
--- a/src/core/services/utils/dom.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/utils/dom.ts
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ export class CoreDomUtilsProvider {
         const listenCloseEvents = closeOnNavigate ?? true; // Default to true.
 
         // TODO: Improve this if we need two modals with same component open at the same time.
-        const modalId = <string> Md5.hashAsciiStr(options.component?.toString() || '');
+        const modalId = Md5.hashAsciiStr(options.component?.toString() || '');
 
         const modal = this.displayedModals[modalId]
             ? this.displayedModals[modalId]