Bypass Paywalls Clean for Chrome
- Installation instructions
- List of supported websites
- Sites with limited number of free articles
- New site requests
- Add custom site
- Troubleshooting
- Changelog-releases
- License
Installation instructions
Due to Google internal policy, the extension is not available on the Chrome Web Store.
The following instructions are needed to install third-party extensions in Chromium-based desktop browsers.
In extension developer mode you can always install BPC by Load unpacked
(no automatic updates) or by crx-file (automatic updates, but possible 'whitelisting' of extension is needed).
Load unpacked: Chrome (Windows, MacOS, Linux), Microsoft Edge (Chromium)/Brave/Yandex (or 'whitelist' extension and install automatically updating crx-file (see next section))
- Download this repository as a ZIP-file from GitLab.
- Unzip the file and you should have a folder named
magnolia1234-bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean-(commit-hash)
. - Move the folder to a permanent location on your computer (do not delete the folder after installation).
- Go to the extensions page (
chrome://extensions
oredge://extensions
). - Enable Developer Mode.
- Click
Load unpacked
and select the extension folder.
- 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).
- in Chrome/Opera/Brave disable the developer mode extensions popup by enabling the extensions toolbar menu under (experimental) chrome flags: chrome://flags/#extensions-toolbar-menu
If you're familiar with Git(Hub)-clients you can also clone this repo and update the extension that way (load unpacked folder used by Git(Hub)-client).
CRX-file: other Chromium browsers (Opera/Vivaldi) (or add extension to 'whitelist' for Chrome, MS Edge, Brave or Yandex (see instructions below for Windows))
- Download the extension as a crx-file from the releases page.
- In your browser go to the extensions page.
- Enable Developer Mode.
- Drag your crx-file anywhere on the page to import it.
- If dragging crx-file does not work, try Chrome procedure (above).
- 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).
- In Windows 'whitelist' BPC (run as administrator one of the reg-files in whitelist-downloads
If you already have 'whitelisted' extensions than you should change "1" to a new key (also change name of HLM-key for beta/developer versions of browsers).
Example Chrome-regfile:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome\ExtensionInstallWhitelist]
"1"="lkbebcjgcmobigpeffafkodonchffocl"
Android
- Install Kiwi Browser or Yandex Browser from the Google PlayStore.
- For Kiwi Browser load the CRX-file in downloads (auto-updating, no whitelist needed, opt-in for custom sites not working (use kiwi-custom crx)).
- For Yandex Browser follow Chrome instructions above (load unpacked; step 6: pick
manifest.json
instead of the folder).
Firefox
Visit the Firefox repository of Bypass Paywall Clean.
Notes
- This extension works best alongside the adblocker uBlock Origin.
- On Yandex Android use uBlock Origin development build.
- 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).
- Do not delete extension's folder from your computer/smartphone or Bypass Paywalls Clean (in developer mode) will disappear at restart.
- Every time you open Chrome it may warn you about running extensions in developer mode, just close the popup to keep the extension enabled.
- You will be logged out for most of the sites you have checked.
List of supported websites
World news
First Things - Foreign Affairs - Foreign Policy - Harper's Magazine - Inkl - National Review - Newsweek - 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 Washington Post - World Politics Review
Business
Adweek - American Affairs - American Banker - Barron's - Bloomberg - Business Insider - Digiday – Fortune - Harvard Business Review - Inc.com - MarketWatch* - MIT Sloan Management Review - Modern Healthcare - Quartz* - Seeking Alpha - Stock News - The Business Journals - The Wall Street Journal
Tech/Science
Chemical & Engineering News - Chronicle of Higher Education - Dark Reading - Discover Magazine - MIT Technology Review - National Geographic USA - Nautilus - Scientific American* - Times Higher Education - Towards Data Science - Wired
Encyclopedia/Book library/Knowledge base
BBC History Extra - Encyclopedia Britannica - Glassdoor - Loeb Classical Library - Philosophy Now - Quora - Scribd - Slader - Statista
Magazines/Blogs
Atavist Magazine - Commentary Magazine - Medium (for custom domains enable custom sites) - Rolling Stone - Slate - SofRep - The Daily Beast* - Vanity Fair - Variety
Local USA news
Baltimore Sun - Crain's Chicago Business - Chicago Tribune - Daily Press - Hartford Courant - Los Angeles Business Journal - Los Angeles Times - Miami Herald - Mountain View Voice - New York Magazine (& Grub Street, The Cut & Vulture) - Orange County Register - Orlando Sentinel - Palo Alto Online - Pittsburgh Post Gazette - San Diego Union Tribune - San Francisco Chronicle - Star Tribune - SunSentinel - The Boston Globe - The Denver Post - The Fresno Bee - The Mercury News - The Morning Call - The Seattle Times - The News-Gazette - The Philadelphia Inquirer - The Sacramento Bee - Winston-Salem Journal
Canada
Financial Post - Le Devoir - National Post - The Globe and Mail - The Logic - The Toronto Star
Europe
United Kingdom/Ireland
Belfast Telegraph - Financial News - Financial Times - Irish Independent - London Review of Books - The Economist - The Irish Times - The New Statesman - The Spectator - The Telegraph - The Times - The Times Literary Supplement
Finland
France/Wallonia
Alternatives Economiques - Challenges – Charlie Hebdo - L'Écho - L'Opinion – La Dépêche – Le Journal du Dimanche – Le Journal du Net - Le Parisien - Le Soir - Les Échos - Libération* – Science & Vie - Sciences et Avenir - Valeurs Actuelles
Germany/Austria
Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten - Die Zeit - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Handelsblatt - Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung - Kurier.at - Leipziger Volkszeitung - Neue Ruhr Zeitung - Sächsische Zeitung - Süddeutsche Zeitung - Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung - Westfalenpost - Westfälische Rundschau - WirtschaftsWoche
Italy
Corriere Della Sera -
Domani -
GElocal.it -
Il Fatto Quotidiano -
Il Manifesto
Il Messaggero and regional sites (grouped in options) like
Corriere Adriatico -
Il Gazzettino -
Il Mattino -
Quotidiano di Puglia
Il Resto del Carlino -
La Repubblica -
La Stampa -
Le Scienze -
LimesOnline (it/en) -
Quotidiano.net
Netherlands/Flanders
Algemeen Dagblad and regional ADR sites (grouped in options) like
BN DeStem -
Brabants Dagblad -
Eindhovens Dagblad -
Gelderlander -
PZC -
Stentor -
Tubantia
Dagblad van het Noorden -
De Morgen -
De Tijd -
Financieele Dagblad -
Follow the Money -
Gazet van Antwerpen -
Groene Amsterdammer -
Humo.be -
Knack.be -
Leeuwarder Courant -
Noordhollands Dagblad -
NRC Handelsblad -
Parool -
Telegraaf -
Trouw -
Volkskrant
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Australia/New Zealand
Brisbane Times - New Zealand Herald - The Age - The Australian Financial Review - The Saturday Paper - The Spectator Australia - The Sydney Morning Herald – The West Australian (+ regional) - WAtoday
> News Corp Australia (grouped in options)
Cairns Post – Geelong Advertiser - Gold Coast Bulletin – Herald Sun – Northern Territory News – The Advertiser/AdelaideNow – The Australian - The Courier-Mail – The Daily Telegraph – The Mercury Tasmania - The Weekly Times – Townsville Bulletin
> Financial
Eureka Report - Intelligent Investor
> Australian Community Media (daily, grouped in options)
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 (all, grouped in options)
For example:
Bundaberg News Mail -
Fraser Coast Chronicle -
Gladstone Observer -
Grafton Daily Examiner -
Mackay Daily Mercury -
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin -
Sunshine Coast Daily -
The Gympie Times -
The Northern Star -
The Queensland Times -
Toowoomba Chronicle -
Warwick Daily News
East Asia
Caixin Global - CommonWealth Magazine Taiwan - Harvard Business Review Taiwan - Nikkei Asian Review - NK News* - South China Morning Post - Tech in Asia - The Diplomat - The Japan Times
India
Bloomberg Quint* - Business Standard - LiveMint - The Hindu
Israel
Globes - Haaretz.co.il - Haaretz.com - The Marker
Lebanon
Latin America
Argentina
Brazil
Exame – Folha de S. Paulo - 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 extension Cookie Remover or Disable Cookies.
- When coming across a paywall, click the cookie icon in your extension toolbar 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 here.
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+N) 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).
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 user-agent or disable Javascript for (sub)domain(s)/external sources.
Troubleshooting
- This extension works best alongside uBlock Origin.
- If a site doesn't work, try turning off uBlock and refreshing.
- Make sure the (new) site is checked under Options.
- Make sure you're running the last version of Bypass Paywalls Clean.
- If none of these work, you can submit an issue here.
Changelog-releases
- Visit the changelog page.
- Or check the commits.
- Download the latest version
License
- Bypass Paywalls Clean is MIT-licensed.