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Bypass Paywalls Clean for Firefox
- Installation
- Update
- List of supported websites
- Sites with limited number of free articles
- New site requests
- Add custom site
- Add excluded site
- Troubleshooting
- Changelog-releases
- License
Installation
You can install the add-on from Mozilla add-ons (AMO): Bypass Paywalls Clean
Or download and install the latest xpi-version from GitLab
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).
Update
Check for updates (in about:addons) and allow permissions for newly supported sites (else no update will be installed).
Android
On Android this add-on doesn't work with latest Firefox v84 (Fenix); it only supports a number of 'recommended' add-ons (for now).
Only from Firefox v85 you can install recommended add-ons via AMO - so no more need to add these to your custom add-on collection (see below).
BPC add-on works fine in Firefox Nightly, Fennec F-Droid or IceRaven though (when you load BPC from a custom add-on collection).
For Firefox Nightly or Fennec F-Droid (based on latest Firefox for Android) you have to make your own custom add-on collection (or use another that contains BPC).
Iceraven (Fenix fork) uses: What I want on Fenix
It has a custom add-ons account: 16201230 & collection: What-I-want-on-Fenix.
In IceRaven all add-ons are shown (with search option), but In Firefox Nightly and Fennec F-Droid only the first 50 add-ons are shown.
There you can use custom add-ons account: 15546469 & collection: Fenix.
PS on Android: enabling custom sites isn't working (no optional permissions).
Then you need the 'custom' add-on version (with access to all sites): Bypass Paywalls Clean (custom)
Chrome/Chromium
Visit the Chrome repository of Bypass Paywall Clean.
Notes
- This add-on works best alongside the adblocker uBlock Origin.
- You will be logged out for most of the sites you have checked.
List of supported websites
* free articles only.
World news
Foreign Affairs - Foreign Policy - Harper's Magazine - Inkl - Newsweek - Reuters - Stratfor - 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 Spectator USA - The Washington Post - Time Magazine - World Politics Review
Business
Adweek - American Affairs - American Banker - Barron's - Bloomberg - Business Insider - Digiday - Entrepreneur - Forbes - Fortune - Harvard Business Review - Inc.com - Law.com* - Law360* - MarketWatch - MIT Sloan Management Review - Modern Healthcare - Quartz* - Seeking Alpha - Stock News - The Business Journals - The Business of Fashion - The Wall Street Journal
Grouped in options:
Crain Communications sites like
Ad Age -
Automotive News -
Crain's Chicago Business -
Crain's Cleveland Business -
Crain's Detroit Business -
Crain's New York Business -
Modern Healthcare
NHST Media Group sites like
Intrafish -
Recharge -
TradeWinds -
Upstream
Tech/Science
360Dx - Chemical & Engineering News - Chronicle of Higher Education - Dark Reading - Discover Magazine - GenomeWeb - MIT Technology Review - National Geographic USA - Nautilus - Precision Oncology News - Scientific American* - Times Higher Education - Towards Data Science - VentureBeat - Wired
Encyclopedia/Book library/Knowledge base
BBC History Extra - Encyclopedia Britannica - Glassdoor - Loeb Classical Library - Philosophy Now - Quora - Scribd - Statista - Study.com (no videos)
Magazines/Blogs
Apollo Magazine - Atavist Magazine - Billboard - Commentary Magazine - First Things - Medium (for custom domains enable custom sites) - National Review - Rolling Stone - Slate - SofRep - Sports Illustrated - The Art Newspaper - The Athletic - The Intercept - The Daily Beast - The New Atlantis - The Point Magazine - The Wrap - Vanity Fair - Variety - VeloNews
Local USA news
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Houston Chronicle - Los Angeles Business Journal - Los Angeles Times - Mountain View Voice - New York Magazine (+ Curbed, Grub Street, The Cut & Vulture) - Newsday - Palo Alto Online - Pittsburgh Post Gazette - San Diego Union Tribune - San Francisco Chronicle - Star Tribune - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - The Boston Globe - The Dallas Morning News - The Seattle Times - The Philadelphia Inquirer - Winston-Salem Journal
USA Today
Grouped in options:
Gannett Group (local USA Today) sites like (opt-in to custom sites)
Detroit Free Press -
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -
The Indianapolis Star -
The Record (North Jersey)
McClatchy Group sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Belleville News-Democrat -
Fort Worth Star-Telegram -
Lexington Herald-Leader -
Miami Herald -
The Charlotte Observer -
The Fresno Bee -
The Kansas City Star -
The News & Observer -
The Sacramento Bee -
The State -
The Wichita Eagle -
Tri-City Herald
MediaNews Group sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted/local sites)
East Bay Times -
Orange County Register -
St. Paul Pioneer Press -
The Denver Post -
The Mercury News -
The Press-Enterprise
Tribune Publishing Company sites like
Baltimore Sun -
Chicago Tribune -
Daily Press -
Hartford Courant -
New York Daily News -
Orlando Sentinel -
SunSentinel -
The Morning Call -
The Virginian-Pilot
Canada
Financial Post -
Le Devoir -
National Post -
The Globe and Mail -
The Hill Times -
The Logic
The Toronto Star and regional TorStar sites (grouped in options) like
Niagara Falls Review -
Peterborough Examiner -
St. Catharines Standard -
The Hamilton Spectator -
Waterloo Region Record -
Welland Tribune
Europe
United Kingdom/Ireland
Belfast Telegraph - Financial News - Financial Times - Irish Independent - London Review of Books - New Left Review - Prospect Magazine - The Athletic UK - The Economist - The Irish Times - The New Statesman - The Spectator - The Telegraph - The Times - The Times Literary Supplement
Denmark
Finland
Grouped in options:
Sanoma Media Finland sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted/regional sites)
Aamulehti -
Helsingin Sanomat
Alma Talent sites like
Arvopaperi -
Iltalehti (Firefox-only) -
Kauppalehti -
Markkinointi & Mainonta -
Mediuutiset -
Mikrobitti -
Talouselämä -
Tekniikka & Talous -
Tivi -
Uusi Suomi
France/Wallonia
Alternatives Economiques - Atlantico - Challenges - Charlie Hebdo - Esprit - L'Express - L'Obs - L'Oeil de la Photographie (fr/en) - L'Opinion - L'Usine Nouvelle - La Croix - La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest - La Tribune - Le Journal du Dimanche - Le Journal du Net - Le Parisien - Le Télégramme - Les Échos - Libération* - Paris Match - Science & Vie - Sciences et Avenir - Sud Ouest - Valeurs Actuelles
Grouped in options:
Groupe EBRA sites like
Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace -
L'Alsace -
L'Est Républicain -
Le Bien Public -
Le Dauphiné Libéré -
Le Journal de Saône-et-Loire -
Le Progrès -
Le Républicain Lorrain -
Vosges Matin
Groupe La Dépêche sites like
Centre Presse -
L'Indépendant -
La Dépêche du Midi -
La Nouvelle République des Pyrénées -
Le Petit Bleu d'Agen -
Midi Libre -
Midi Olympique
Groupe Rossel sites like
L'Aisne nouvelle -
L'Ardennais -
L'Est-Éclair -
L'Union -
L'Écho -
La Voix du Nord -
Le Courrier picard -
Le Soir -
Libération Champagne -
Nord Éclair -
Paris Normandie -
SudInfo
Germany/Austria
Augsburger Allgemeine - Berliner Zeitung - Cicero - Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten - Die Rheinpfalz - Die Zeit - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Freie Presse - Handelsblatt* - Krautreporter.de - Kurier.at - Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung - Nordwest Zeitung - Piqd.de - Rhein-Zeitung - Ruhr Nachrichten - Sächsische Zeitung - Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag - Schweriner Volkszeitung - Süddeutsche Zeitung
Grouped in options:
Funke Mediengruppe sites like
Berliner Morgenpost -
Braunschweiger Zeitung -
Hamburger Abendblatt -
Neue Ruhr Zeitung -
Ostthüringer Zeitung -
Thüringer Allgemeine -
Thüringische Landeszeitung -
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung -
Westfalenpost -
Westfälische Rundschau
Madsack Mediengruppe sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung -
Kieler Nachrichten -
Leipziger Volkszeitung -
Lübecker Nachrichten -
Märkische Allgemeine -
Neue Presse (Hannover) -
Ostsee-Zeitung
Italy
Corriere della Sera - Domani - GElocal.it - Il Fatto Quotidiano - Il Manifesto - Il Secolo XIX - La Nuova Sardegna - La Repubblica - La Stampa - Le Scienze - LimesOnline (it/en)
Grouped in options:
Il Messaggero and regional sites like
Corriere Adriatico -
Il Gazzettino -
Il Mattino -
Quotidiano di Puglia
Quotidiano Nazionale and regional sites like
Il Giorno -
Il Resto del Carlino -
Il Telegrafo Livorno -
La Nazione
Netherlands/Flanders
Dagblad van het Noorden - De Morgen - De Tijd - Financieele Dagblad - Follow the Money - Gazet van Antwerpen - Groene Amsterdammer - Humo - Knack - Leeuwarder Courant - NRC Handelsblad - Parool - Telegraaf - Trouw - Volkskrant
Grouped in options:
Algemeen Dagblad and regional ADR sites like
BN DeStem -
Brabants Dagblad -
Eindhovens Dagblad -
Gelderlander -
PZC -
Stentor -
Tubantia
Mediahuis Nederland Regional sites like
Noordhollands Dagblad -
Haarlems Dagblad -
Leidsch Dagblad -
IJmuider Courant -
De Gooi- en Eemlander
Portugal
Russia
Spain
ABC - Diario de Ibiza - Diario de Mallorca - El Confidencial - El Diario.es - El Español - El Mundo - El País - El Periódico de Catalunya - Expansión - Faro de Vigo - La Nueva España - La Provincia - La Vanguardia - Levante-EMV - Marca - Política Exterior
Grouped in options:
Grupo Vocento (ABC regional) sites like
Diario Vasco -
El Comercio -
El Correo -
El Diario Montañés -
El Norte de Castilla -
Hoy -
Ideal -
La Rioja -
La Verdad -
La Voz de Cádiz -
Las Provincias -
Sur
Sweden
Dagens Industri - Dagens Nyheter - NyTeknik
Switzerland
Africa
Kenya
Australia/New Zealand
Brisbane Times - Eureka Report - Griffith Review - Intelligent Investor - New Zealand Herald - The Age - The Australian Financial Review - The Saturday Paper - The Spectator Australia - The Sydney Morning Herald - The West Australian (+ regional) - WAtoday
Grouped in options:
News Corp Australia site like
Cairns Post -
Geelong Advertiser -
Gold Coast Bulletin -
Herald Sun -
Northern Territory News -
The Advertiser/AdelaideNow -
The Australian -
The Chronicle -
The Courier-Mail -
The Daily Telegraph -
The Mercury Tasmania -
The Weekly Times -
Townsville Bulletin
Australian Community Media (daily) sites like (add to custom sites for unlisted & block general paywall-script Piano)
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 site like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)
Bundaberg News Mail -
Fraser Coast Chronicle -
Gladstone Observer -
Grafton Daily Examiner -
Mackay Daily Mercury -
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin -
Sunshine Coast Daily -
The Gympie Times -
The Queensland Times -
Warwick Daily News
East Asia
Asia Times - Caixin Global - CommonWealth Magazine Taiwan - Harvard Business Review Taiwan - Nikkei Asian Review - NK News* - South China Morning Post - Southern Weekly - Tech in Asia - The Diplomat - The Japan Times
India
Bloomberg Quint* - Business Standard - Hindustan Times - Inc42 - Live Law - LiveMint - MediaNama - The Economic Times (ET Prime) - The Hindu - The Hindu BusinessLine - Times of India
Israel
Globes - Haaretz.co.il - Haaretz.com - The Jerusalem Post - The Marker
Lebanon
Latin America
Argentina
Brazil
Exame - Folha de S. Paulo - Grupo Abril - 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 add-on Cookie Remover.
- When coming across a paywall click the cookie icon to remove the cookies 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.
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+P) 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). You can also just request permissions for the custom sites you added yourself.
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/Bingbot user-agent, disable Javascript for (sub)domain(s)/external sources and/or set the referer (to Facebook, Google or Twitter; ignored when Googlebot is set).
PS on Android: enabling custom sites isn't working (no optional permissions).
Then you need the 'custom' add-on version (with access to all sites): Bypass Paywalls Clean (custom)
Add excluded site
Add excluded sites/domains (for your subscriptions).
You can also exclude a specific domain which is grouped in options.
Troubleshooting
- This add-on works best alongside the adblocker uBlock Origin.
- Add usefull custom filter Fanboy's Enhanced Tracking List
- If a site doesn't work, try turning off uBlock and refreshing.
- Make sure the (new) site is checked under Options.
- You will be logged out for most of the sites you have checked.
- Make sure you're running the latest version of Bypass Paywalls Clean.
- If none of these work, you can submit an issue.
- 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). Some sites need to set a consent-cookie for (social) media.
Changelog-releases
- Visit the changelog page.
- Or check the commits.
- Download the latest version
License
Bypass Paywalls Clean is MIT-licensed.