How to Bypass Paywalls on Websites

In this short article I’m going to share some techniques on how to bypass paywalls on certain websites.

Bypass Paywalls Clean

Follow install instructions on the gitlab pages. Firefox extension linked here and Chrome extension linked here

Unpaywall

Firefox extension linked here and Chrome extension linked here

Disable Javascript

Sometimes disabling Javascript will stop the paywall. You can get a separate extension for disabling javascript for Firefox linked here and Chrome linked here Or if using Ublock Origin, you can go into settings > Default behaviour > Disable Javascript

Open the link in an incognito window

This may or may not work, but essentially it resets your cookies and this may allow you to read paywalled articles.

Resources:

https://linuximpact.com/bypass-paywalls-clean-combines-all-soft-paywall-hacks-into-one-neat-package/
https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean
https://www.bardeen.ai/posts/how-to-bypass-a-paywall
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-get-past-a-paywall-to-read-an-article-for-free-1847800292
https://techlatestat.pages.dev/posts/how-to-bypass-paywall-on-chrome-2023-/
https://12ft.io/
https://www.ghacks.net/2023/04/20/mozilla-removes-bypass-paywalls-clean-extension-from-its-add-repository/
https://techpp.com/2023/07/14/get-past-paywalls/
https://allaboutcookies.org/how-to-bypass-paywalls