How to Bypass Paywall and read full articles on various sites
Not everyone is able to afford multiple subscriptions on many different news sites, especially when they just want to read a single article (from Twitter) without being enrolled in a monthly/yearly membership.
Notice: if you use this add-on regularly on the same website, please consider paying a subscription for it. Don’t forget that free press can’t be sustainable without funding.
List of supported websites
** free articles only.*
World news
Foreign Affairs - Foreign Policy - Harper’s Magazine - Inkl - Newsweek - Reuters - Stratfor - The American Interest - The Atlantic - The Christian Science Monitor - The Nation - The New Republic - The New York Review of Books - The New York Times - The New Yorker - The Spectator USA - The Washington Post - Time Magazine - World Politics Review
Business
Adweek - American Affairs - American Banker - Barron’s - Bloomberg - Business Insider - Digiday - Entrepreneur - Forbes - Fortune - Harvard Business Review - Inc.com - Law.com* - Law360* - MarketWatch - MIT Sloan Management Review - Modern Healthcare - Quartz* - Seeking Alpha - Stock News - The Business Journals - The Business of Fashion - The Wall Street Journal
Grouped in options:
Crain Communications sites like
Ad Age - Automotive News - Crain’s Chicago Business - Crain’s Cleveland Business - Crain’s Detroit Business - Crain’s New York Business - Modern Healthcare
NHST Media Group sites like
Intrafish - Recharge - TradeWinds - Upstream
Tech/Science
360Dx - Chemical & Engineering News - Chronicle of Higher Education - Dark Reading - Discover Magazine - GenomeWeb - MIT Technology Review - National Geographic USA - Nautilus - Precision Oncology News - Scientific American* - Times Higher Education - Towards Data Science - VentureBeat - Wired
Encyclopedia/Book library/Knowledge base
BBC History Extra - Encyclopedia Britannica - Glassdoor - Loeb Classical Library - Philosophy Now - Quora - Scribd - Statista - Study.com (no videos)
Magazines/Blogs
Apollo Magazine - Atavist Magazine - Billboard - Commentary Magazine - First Things - Medium (for custom domains enable custom sites) - National Review - Rolling Stone - Slate - SofRep - Sports Illustrated - The Art Newspaper - The Athletic - The Intercept - The Daily Beast - The New Atlantis - The Point Magazine - The Wrap - Vanity Fair - Variety - VeloNews
Local USA news
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Houston Chronicle - Los Angeles Business Journal - Los Angeles Times - Mountain View Voice - New York Magazine (+ Curbed, Grub Street, The Cut & Vulture) - Newsday - Palo Alto Online - Pittsburgh Post Gazette - San Diego Union Tribune - San Francisco Chronicle - Star Tribune - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - The Boston Globe - The Dallas Morning News - The Seattle Times - The Philadelphia Inquirer - Winston-Salem Journal
USA Today
Grouped in options:
Gannett Group (local USA Today) sites like (opt-in to custom sites)
Detroit Free Press - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - The Indianapolis Star - The Record (North Jersey)
McClatchy Group sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Belleville News-Democrat - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Lexington Herald-Leader - Miami Herald - The Charlotte Observer - The Fresno Bee - The Kansas City Star - The News & Observer - The Sacramento Bee - The State - The Wichita Eagle - Tri-City Herald
MediaNews Group sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted/local sites)
East Bay Times - Orange County Register - St. Paul Pioneer Press - The Denver Post - The Mercury News - The Press-Enterprise
Tribune Publishing Company sites like
Baltimore Sun - Chicago Tribune - Daily Press - Hartford Courant - New York Daily News - Orlando Sentinel - SunSentinel - The Morning Call - The Virginian-Pilot
Canada
Financial Post - Le Devoir - National Post - The Globe and Mail - The Hill Times - The Logic
The Toronto Star and regional TorStar sites (grouped in options) like Niagara Falls Review - Peterborough Examiner - St. Catharines Standard - The Hamilton Spectator - Waterloo Region Record - Welland Tribune
Europe
United Kingdom/Ireland
Belfast Telegraph - Financial News - Financial Times - Irish Independent - London Review of Books - New Left Review - Prospect Magazine - The Athletic UK - The Economist - The Irish Times - The New Statesman - The Spectator - The Telegraph - The Times - The Times Literary Supplement
Denmark
Finland
Grouped in options:
Sanoma Media Finland sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted/regional sites)
Aamulehti - Helsingin Sanomat
Alma Talent sites like
Arvopaperi - Iltalehti (Firefox-only) - Kauppalehti - Markkinointi & Mainonta - Mediuutiset - Mikrobitti - Talouselämä - Tekniikka & Talous - Tivi - Uusi Suomi
France/Wallonia
Alternatives Economiques - Atlantico - Challenges - Charlie Hebdo - Esprit - L’Express - L’Obs - L’Oeil de la Photographie (fr/en) - L’Opinion - L’Usine Nouvelle - La Croix - La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest - La Tribune - Le Journal du Dimanche - Le Journal du Net - Le Parisien - Le Télégramme - Les Échos - Libération* - Paris Match - Science & Vie - Sciences et Avenir - Sud Ouest - Valeurs Actuelles
Grouped in options:
Groupe EBRA sites like
Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace - L’Alsace - L’Est Républicain - Le Bien Public - Le Dauphiné Libéré - Le Journal de Saône-et-Loire - Le Progrès - Le Républicain Lorrain - Vosges Matin
Groupe La Dépêche sites like
Centre Presse - L’Indépendant - La Dépêche du Midi - La Nouvelle République des Pyrénées - Le Petit Bleu d’Agen - Midi Libre - Midi Olympique
Groupe Rossel sites like
L’Aisne nouvelle - L’Ardennais - L’Est-Éclair - L’Union - L’Écho - La Voix du Nord - Le Courrier picard - Le Soir - Libération Champagne - Nord Éclair - Paris Normandie - SudInfo
Germany/Austria
Augsburger Allgemeine - Berliner Zeitung - Cicero - Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten - Die Rheinpfalz - Die Zeit - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Freie Presse - Handelsblatt* - Krautreporter.de - Kurier.at - Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung - Nordwest Zeitung - Piqd.de - Rhein-Zeitung - Ruhr Nachrichten - Sächsische Zeitung - Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag - Schweriner Volkszeitung - Süddeutsche Zeitung
Grouped in options:
Funke Mediengruppe sites like
Berliner Morgenpost - Braunschweiger Zeitung - Hamburger Abendblatt - Neue Ruhr Zeitung - Ostthüringer Zeitung - Thüringer Allgemeine - Thüringische Landeszeitung - Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung - Westfalenpost - Westfälische Rundschau
Madsack Mediengruppe sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung - Kieler Nachrichten - Leipziger Volkszeitung - Lübecker Nachrichten - Märkische Allgemeine - Neue Presse (Hannover) - Ostsee-Zeitung
Italy
Corriere della Sera - Domani - GElocal.it - Il Fatto Quotidiano - Il Manifesto - Il Secolo XIX - La Nuova Sardegna - La Repubblica - La Stampa - Le Scienze - LimesOnline (it/en)
Grouped in options:
Il Messaggero and regional sites like Corriere Adriatico - Il Gazzettino - Il Mattino - Quotidiano di Puglia
Quotidiano Nazionale and regional sites like Il Giorno - Il Resto del Carlino - Il Telegrafo Livorno - La Nazione
Netherlands/Flanders
Dagblad van het Noorden - De Morgen - De Tijd - Financieele Dagblad - Follow the Money - Gazet van Antwerpen - Groene Amsterdammer - Humo - Knack - Leeuwarder Courant - NRC Handelsblad - Parool - Telegraaf - Trouw - Volkskrant
Grouped in options:
Algemeen Dagblad and regional ADR sites like BN DeStem - Brabants Dagblad - Eindhovens Dagblad - Gelderlander - PZC - Stentor - Tubantia
Mediahuis Nederland Regional sites like
Noordhollands Dagblad - Haarlems Dagblad - Leidsch Dagblad - IJmuider Courant - De Gooi- en Eemlander
Portugal
Russia
Spain
ABC - Diario de Ibiza - Diario de Mallorca - El Confidencial - El Diario.es - El Español - El Mundo - El País - El Periódico de Catalunya - Expansión - Faro de Vigo - La Nueva España - La Provincia - La Vanguardia - Levante-EMV - Marca - Política Exterior
Grouped in options:
Grupo Vocento (ABC regional) sites like
Diario Vasco - El Comercio - El Correo - El Diario Montañés - El Norte de Castilla - Hoy - Ideal - La Rioja - La Verdad - La Voz de Cádiz - Las Provincias - Sur
Sweden
Dagens Industri - Dagens Nyheter - NyTeknik
Switzerland
Africa
Kenya
Australia/New Zealand
Brisbane Times - Eureka Report - Griffith Review - Intelligent Investor - New Zealand Herald - The Age - The Australian Financial Review - The Saturday Paper - The Spectator Australia - The Sydney Morning Herald - The West Australian (+ regional) - WAtoday
Grouped in options:
News Corp Australia site like
Cairns Post - Geelong Advertiser - Gold Coast Bulletin - Herald Sun - Northern Territory News - The Advertiser/AdelaideNow - The Australian - The Chronicle - The Courier-Mail - The Daily Telegraph - The Mercury Tasmania - The Weekly Times - Townsville Bulletin
Australian Community Media (daily) sites like (add to custom sites for unlisted & block general paywall-script Piano)
Bendigo Advertiser - Central Western Daily - Daily Liberal - Illawarra Mercury - Newcastle Herald - The Advocate - The Border Mail - The Canberra Times - The Courier - The Daily Advertiser - The Examiner - The Northern Daily Leader - The Port Macquarie News - The Standard - Western Advocate
Australian Provincial Newspapers site like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Bundaberg News Mail - Fraser Coast Chronicle - Gladstone Observer - Grafton Daily Examiner - Mackay Daily Mercury - Rockhampton Morning Bulletin - Sunshine Coast Daily - The Gympie Times - The Queensland Times - Warwick Daily News
East Asia
Asia Times - Caixin Global - CommonWealth Magazine Taiwan - Harvard Business Review Taiwan - Nikkei Asian Review - NK News* - South China Morning Post - Southern Weekly - Tech in Asia - The Diplomat - The Japan Times
India
Bloomberg Quint* - Business Standard - Hindustan Times - Inc42 - Live Law - LiveMint - MediaNama - The Economic Times (ET Prime) - The Hindu - The Hindu BusinessLine - Times of India
Israel
Globes - Haaretz.co.il - Haaretz.com - The Jerusalem Post - The Marker
Lebanon
Latin America
Argentina
Brazil
Exame - Folha de S. Paulo - Grupo Abril - O Estado de S. Paulo - O Globo - Valor Econômico
Chile
Diario Financiero - El Mercurio - El Mercurio de Valparaíso - La Estrella de Valparaíso - La Segunda - La Tercera
Mexico
Peru
** free articles only.*
Sites with limited number of free articles
The free article limit can normally be bypassed by removing cookies for the site.
Click on the BPC-icon and then ‘clear cookies’-button in the popup.
For user with the limited permissions BPC-version this will only work for supported sites; for other sites use:
- Install the add-on Cookie Remover.
- When coming across a paywall click the cookie icon to remove the cookies then refresh the page.
If removing the cookies works you can also add the site as a custom site.
New site requests
You can submit a request for a new website.
Please read the following instructions and share your results for a quicker process.
Remember to check the previous requests before asking for a new website.
- Visit an article on the site you want to bypass the paywall for and copy the article title.
- Open up a new incognito window (Ctrl+Shift+P) and paste the article title into Google.
- Click on the same article from the Google search results page. Or you can:
- Disable javascript on the website by clicking the button right icon </> on the uBlock Origin panel.
- Refresh the page.
Add custom site
Add your own custom site (also for testing).
Check ‘Options’-link in popup-menu and go to custom sites.
- by default BPC has limited permissions, but you can opt-in to enable custom sites (and also clear cookies/block general paywall-scripts for non-listed sites). You can also just request permissions for the custom sites you added yourself.
Make sure the (new) site is checked under Options (or check on/off-button).
By default sites’ cookies/local storage are removed after page loads (to bypass article limit).
Also you can enable Googlebot/Bingbot user-agent, disable Javascript for (sub)domain(s)/external sources and/or set the referer (to Facebook, Google or Twitter; ignored when Googlebot is set).
PS on Android: enabling custom sites isn’t working (no optional permissions).
Then you need the ‘custom’ add-on version (with access to all sites): Bypass Paywalls Clean (custom)
Add excluded site
Add excluded sites/domains (for your subscriptions).
You can also exclude a specific domain which is grouped in options.
Troubleshooting
- This add-on works best alongside the adblocker uBlock Origin.
- Add usefull custom filter Fanboy’s Enhanced Tracking List
- If a site doesn’t work, try turning off uBlock and refreshing.
- Make sure the (new) site is checked under Options.
- You will be logged out for most of the sites you have checked.
- Make sure you’re running the latest version of Bypass Paywalls Clean.
- If none of these work, you can submit an issue.
- If you live in the EU, also consider installing the extension I don’t care about cookies in order to remove cookie warnings (or add filter Easylist Cookies | I don’t care about cookies custom filter to uBlock Origin). Some sites need to set a consent-cookie for (social) media.