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))

1. Download this repository as a ZIP-file from GitLab.
2. Unzip the file and you should have a folder named magnolia1234-bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean-(commit-hash).
3. Move the folder to a permanent location on your computer (do not delete the folder after installation).
4. Go to the extensions page (chrome://extensions or edge://extensions).
5. Enable Developer Mode.
6. 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))

1. Download the extension as a crx-file from the releases page.
2. In your browser go to the extensions page.
3. Enable Developer Mode.
4. Drag your crx-file anywhere on the page to import it.
5. 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

1. Install Kiwi Browser or Yandex Browser from the Google PlayStore.
2. 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)).
3. 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

Helsingin Sanomat

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

Republic.ru

Spain

ABC - El Mundo - El País

Sweden

Aftonbladet - Dagens Nyheter

Switzerland

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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

L'Orient-Le Jour

Latin America

Argentina

Clarín - La Nación

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

Mexico News Daily

Peru

El Comercio - Gestión

*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:

1. Install the extension Cookie Remover or Disable Cookies.
2. 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.

1. Visit an article on the site you want to bypass the paywall for and copy the article title.
2. Open up a new incognito window (Ctrl+Shift+N) and paste the article title into Google.
3. Click on the same article from the Google search results page. Or you can:
4. Disable javascript on the website by clicking the button right icon </> on the uBlock Origin panel.
5. 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.