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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 or edge://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

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:

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

License

Bypass Paywalls Clean is MIT-licensed.

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