What is RemovePaywalls.com?
RemovePaywalls.com helps users access articles behind paywalls from hundreds of major publications, including Bloomberg, the New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic. The service uses web archives like Archive.is and the Wayback Machine to retrieve the full content of articles without requiring a subscription or login.
RemovePaywalls.com offers browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and iPhone for one-click access, and also supports accessing articles by appending a URL. The tool provides multiple archive options in case the primary method fails, ensuring a higher success rate for finding articles.
Features
- Bypass Paywalls: Instantly access articles behind paywalls without a subscription.
- Browser Extensions: One-click access via Chrome, Firefox, and iPhone extensions.
- Multiple Archive Sources: Uses Archive.is, Wayback Machine, Google Cache, and others.
- URL Input: Simply add the article URL after removepaywalls.com/ to retrieve content.
- Wide Site Support: Works with hundreds of publications including Bloomberg, NYTimes, and more.
Use Cases
- Reading news articles from paywalled publications for research.
- Accessing articles for academic or journalistic purposes.
- Avoiding subscription fees for occasional article reading.
- Consulting multiple paywalled sources for comprehensive analysis.
FAQs
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What sites does this work for?
Hundreds! We've successfully tested articles from publications including Bloomberg, the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Guardian, Harvard Business Review, LA Post, LA Times, The Economist, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, The Atlantic, The Telegraph, and The Sydney Morning Herald. -
What sites does this NOT work for?
Some sites use a "hard paywall" on the server-side, which means that the site doesn't load the content until the user has logged in. In these instances, the article isn't available for crawling and so the full article can't be found. RemovePaywalls.com won't work for these sites. -
Why are there multiple options?
We want to provide an easy way for you to check other archiving services, if the first one did not find the article. -
Why are you better than the alternatives?
We've added iPhone, Firefox and Chrome extensions for one-click access to articles, clean up the URL for compatibility, and offer alternative options if the primary method fails.
