Bypass Paywalls for Chrome

Google Chrome

Download this repo as a ZIP file from GitHub.
Unzip the file and you should have a folder named bypass-paywalls-chrome-master.
In Chrome go to the extensions page (chrome://extensions).
Enable Developer Mode.
Drag the bypass-paywalls-chrome-master folder anywhere on the page to import it (do not delete the folder afterwards).

Notes 🦞

Every time you open Chrome it may warn you about running extensions in developer mode, just click 🗙 to keep the extension enabled.
You will be logged out for any site you have checked.
This extension works best along side the adblocker uBlock Origin.

The free article limit can normally be bypassed by removing cookies for the site.*

Install the Cookie Remover extension. Please rate it 5 stars if you find it useful.

When coming across a paywall click the cookie icon to remove the cookies then refresh the page.

*May not always succeed

Only large or major sites will be considered.

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. If it loads without a paywall you can submit a request to add the site, otherwise my extension cannot bypass it either.

Usually premium articles cannot be bypassed as they are behind a hard paywall.

This extension works best alongside uBlock Origin.
If a site doesn't work, try turning off uBlock and refreshing.
Make sure the site is checked under Options (on macOS sometimes the sites get unselected).
Make sure you're running the latest version of Bypass Paywalls.
If a site is having problems try unchecking "*General Paywall Bypass*" in Options.
If none of these work, you can submit an issue here.

I am not asking for donations or anything like that, all I ask is that you star this repo.

Bypass Paywalls is MIT-licensed.

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