Bypass Paywalls Clean for Chrome

Extension allows you to read articles from (supported) sites that implement a paywall.
You can also add a domain as custom site and try to bypass the paywall.
Weekly updates are released for fixes and new sites.

• Installation
• Update
• Android
• Troubleshooting
• List of supported websites
• Sites with limited number of free articles
• New site requests
• Add custom site
• Add excluded site
• Changelog-releases
• License
• Disclaimer

Installation

This extension is not available on the Google 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 (latest master, but no automatic updates) or by crx-file (latest release & automatic updates, but possibly you have to add the extension to the allowlist).
You can add/pin the extension icon to the toolbar with the toolbar extensions menu (jigsaw puzzle shaped icon).

Load unpacked: Chrome, MS Edge or Brave (all desktop)

• or add extension to allowlist and install automatically updating crx-file (see next section)

1. Download this repository as a zip-file from GitFlic.
2. Unzip the file and you should have a folder named bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean-master
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
5. Enable Developer Mode.
6. Click Load unpacked and select/open the extension folder (contains file manifest.json).

• By default BPC has limited host permissions, but you can opt-in to enable custom sites (and also clear cookies/block general paywall-scripts for unlisted sites). You can also just request host permissions for the custom sites you added yourself (or clear cookies (BPC-icon) to ask for host permission for current site).

CRX-file: other Chromium browsers (Opera/Vivaldi/Yandex)

• or add extension to allowlist for Chrome, MS Edge or Brave (see instructions local or online)

1. Download the extension as a crx-file from GitFlic (right-click > save link as).
2. In your browser go to the extensions page: chrome://extensions
3. Enable Developer Mode.
4. Drag your crx-file anywhere on the page to import it (when you have an active 'load unpacked' installation, first remove it (and backup your custom sites); for automatic updates).

• By default BPC has limited permissions, but you can opt-in to enable custom sites (and also clear cookies/block general paywall-scripts for unlisted sites). You can also just request host permissions for the custom sites you added yourself (or clear cookies (BPC-icon) to ask for host permission for current site).

Update

For crx-installation: extension will update automatically or check for updates (in chrome://extensions).\ Extension may be disabled (in Chrome/Edge) when extension needs new host permissions for added domains: opt-in/opt-out to custom sites once to disable this 'error' (browser will remember granted host permissions).

For zip-installation (load unpacked/developer mode): unzip files to installation folder.

You can also check for (post-release) updates of site rules at startup (opt-in); only available until about 10 days after fix-release.\ For new (updated) sites you also have to opt-in to custom sites/request host permissions for new domains (or wait for new release).

Android

1. Install Kiwi Browser from the Google PlayStore.
2. You have two options:
   • load the CRX-file from GitFlic (auto-updating, no allowlist needed, opt-in for custom sites not working (use kiwi-custom crx; updates to latest regular version)
   • install latest master zip-file (no automatic updates, for custom sites use manifest.json from custom folder).\ When the installation times out (no install; Android issue) you may also need to repack the zip-file so it doesn't contain a folder (default on sites like GitHub).

Firefox

Visit the Firefox repository on GitHub of Bypass Paywalls Clean.\ Or install xpi-file from GitFlic

iOS/iPadOS

Use adblocker with custom (content)filter & userscript (manager): https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters (read instructions).

Although Orion Browser supports installing this extension, it won't work for a lot of sites (no full support of WebExtensions API on iOS/iPadOS).

Troubleshooting

• If a site doesn't work, first try to turn off your adblocker (or other extension) and refresh page.
• Make sure the (new) site is checked under Options.
• Clear cookies by extension's icon (popup) and grant host permission for site (or opt-in to custom sites)
• You will be logged out for some of the sites you have enabled.
• Make sure you're running the latest version of Bypass Paywalls Clean.
• Some sites need to redirect to an amp-page (this may cause a redirect-loop by an amp-to-html extension or browser setting like in Kiwi Browser (Android) > Settings > Privacy and security > Remove AMP).
• If none of these work, you can submit an issue on GitHub or only when GitHub repo is offline use X (DM).
• Always provide used extension version, paywalled article (url) and describe issue in detail.
• This extension works best alongside the adblocker uBlock Origin.
• If you live in the EU, also consider adding these filters to your adblocker (in order to remove cookie warnings): Easylist Cookies | I don't care about cookies custom filter. Some sites need to set a consent-cookie for (social) media.

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List of supported websites

* free articles only.

National USA news

Reuters - The New York Times - The Washington Post

Business

Adweek - American Affairs - Barron's - Benzinga - Bloomberg - Business Insider - CNBC - Fast Company - Forbes - Fortune - Harvard Business Review - Inc.com - Law.com - MarketWatch - MIT Sloan Management Review - Quartz - S&P Global - Seeking Alpha - Stock News - The Business Journals - The Business of Fashion - The Wall Street Journal - Vogue Business - ZeroHedge

Grouped in options:\ American Banker (+ Arizent; opt-in to custom sites)\ BNP Media sites (opt-in to custom sites)\ Bridge Tower Media sites (opt-in to custom sites)\ California Business Journals sites like\ Los Angeles Business Journal - Orange County Business Journal - San Diego Business Journal - San Fernando Valley Business Journal\ Crain Communications sites like\ Ad Age - Automotive News - Crain's Chicago Business - Crain's Cleveland Business - Crain's Detroit Business - Crain's Grand Rapids Business - Crain's New York Business - Modern Healthcare - Pensions & Investments\ Global Polymer Group: European Rubber Journal - Plastics News - Rubber News - Sustainable Plastics - Tire Business - Urethanes Technology International\ Digiday Media sites like\ Digiday - Glossy - ModernRetail\ Industry Dive sites (opt-in to custom sites)\ Inside Retail sites (opt-in to custom sites)\ PEI Media sites (opt-in to custom sites)

Tech/Science

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - Chemical & Engineering News - Discover Magazine - Inside Higher Ed - Interesting Engineering - Medscape - MIT Technology Review - National Geographic USA - Nautilus - Popular Science - Science* - ScienceNews.org - Scientific American - The Scientist - Times Higher Education

Grouped in options:\ Crain Communications sites like\ 360Dx - GenomeWeb - Precision Medicine Online\ TechTarget Group sites like\ Computer Weekly - TechTarget\ The Chronicle sites like\ The Chronicle of Higher Education - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Encyclopedia/Book library/Knowledge base

BBC History Extra - Encyclopedia Britannica - eNotes - Glassdoor - Loeb Classical Library - Philosophy Now - Quora - Scholastic - SlideShare - Statista - Study.com (only lessons; no videos)

Sports

CyclingNews - ESPN USA - Rivals - RugbyPass - Sports Illustrated - The Athletic

Magazines/Blogs

Grouped in options:\ Medium (custom) domains like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ Medium - Better Programming - Towards Data Science

America's Test Kitchen - American Purpose - Apollo Magazine - Artforum - Artnet - Atavist Magazine - Axios - Commentary Magazine - Defector - Dwell - Field & Stream - First Things - Foreign Affairs - Foreign Policy - Harper's Magazine - Jazziz - Jazzwise - National Review - Newsweek - Outdoor Life - Paste Magazine - Pirate Wires - Politico - Project Syndicate - Puck.news - Slate - SofRep - Stereogum - Stratfor - Texas Monthly - The American Conservative - The American Interest - The American Scholar - The Art Newspaper - The Atlantic - The Baffler - The Christian Science Monitor - The Daily Beast - The Daily Wire - The Diplomat - The Dispatch - The Impression - The Intercept - The Juggernaut - The Lamp Magazine - The Nation - The New Atlantis - The New Criterion - The New Republic - The New York Review of Books - The Point Magazine - The Spectator World - The Verge - The Week - The Wrap - Vox - Washington Examiner

Grouped in options:\ Condé Nast magazines sites like\ Architectural Digest - Bon Appétit - British Vogue - Condé Nast Traveler - Epicurious - GC - The New Yorker - Vanity Fair - Vogue USA - Wired\ Hearst Communications magazines sites like\ Bicycling - Cosmopolitan - Country Living - Delish - Elle Decor - Elle USA - Esquire - Good Housekeeping - Harper's Bazaar - House Beautiful - Men's Health - Oprah Daily - Popular Mechanics - Prevention - Road & Track - Runner's World - Town & Country - Women's Health\ Outside magazines sites like\ Backpacker - Beta - Better Nutrition - Clean Eating - Climbing - Outside - Oxygen - SKI - Trail Runner - Triathlete - Vegetarian Times - Women's Running - Yoga Journal\ Penske Media Corporation sites like\ Billboard - Rolling Stone - Sourcing Journal - Sportico - Variety - WWD\ The Epoch Times sites like (opt-in to custom sites for br|cz|de|fr|jp|ro sites)\ Epoch.org.il - The Epoch Times

Local USA news

Albuquerque Journal - CNN - Fox News - Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Las Vegas Review-Journal - Los Angeles Times - Mountain View Voice - New York Magazine (+ Curbed, Grub Street, The Cut & Vulture) - Newsday - Palo Alto Online - Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Star Tribune - Tampa Bay Times - The Advocate - The Boston Globe - The Columbian - The Dallas Morning News - The Hill - The New Orleans Advocate/The Times-Picayune - The New York Sun - The Salt Lake Tribune - The Seattle Times - The Philadelphia Inquirer

USA Today\ Grouped in options:\ Advance Local sites like\ AL/Alabama - MLive/Michigan - NJ/New Jersey - Staten Island Advance - The Express-Times - The Oregonian - The Patriot-News - The Plain Dealer - The Post-Standard - The Republican\ CNHI Group sites (opt-in to custom sites)\ Forum Communications sites (opt-in to custom sites)\ Gannett Group (local USA Today) sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ Austin American-Statesman - Democrat and Chronicle - Detroit Free Press - Knoxville News Sentinel - Memphis Commercial Appeal - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - The Arizona Republic - The Cincinnati Enquirer - The Columbus Dispatch - The Courier-Journal - The Des Moines Register - The Detroit News - The Florida Times-Union - The Indianapolis Star - The News-Press - The Oklahoman - The Record (North Jersey) - The Tennessean\ Hearst Communications (newspapers) sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ Albany Times Union - Connecticut Post - Houston Chronicle - New Haven Register - San Antonio Express-News - San Francisco Chronicle\ Lee Enterprises Group sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ Arizona Daily Star - Lincoln Journal Star - Omaha World-Herald - Richmond Times-Dispatch - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - The Buffalo News - The Times of Northwest Indiana - Tulsa World - Wisconsin State Journal - Winston-Salem Journal\ Maine Trust sites (opt-in to custom sites)\ McClatchy Group sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ Belleville News-Democrat - El Nuevo Herald - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Lexington Herald-Leader - McClatchy DC - 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)\ Boston Herald - East Bay Times - Orange County Register - San Diego Union Tribune - St. Paul Pioneer Press - The Denver Post - The Mercury News - The Press-Enterprise\ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution + Cox First Media (opt-in to custom sites)\ TownNews sites (Blox CMS) (opt-in to custom sites)\ Tribune Publishing Company sites like\ Baltimore Sun - Capital Gazette - Chicago Tribune - Daily Press - Hartford Courant - New York Daily News - Orlando Sentinel - SunSentinel - The Morning Call - The Virginian-Pilot

Canada

iPolitics - Le Devoir - The Globe and Mail - The Hill Times - Winnipeg Free Press

Grouped in options:\ Groupe Capitales Médias sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ Le Soleil\ Groupe Québecor sites like\ Le Journal de Montréal - Le Journal de Québec\ Postmedia Network sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ Calgary Herald - Financial Post - National Post - The Province - Toronto Sun - Vancouver Sun\ TorStar sites like\ The Toronto Star and regional sites Niagara Falls Review - Peterborough Examiner - St. Catharines Standard - The Hamilton Spectator - Waterloo Region Record - Welland Tribune\ Valnet Group sites (opt-in to custom sites)

Europe

Balkan Insight - Bloomberg Adria - EUobserver - Follow the Money (ftm.eu)

United Kingdom/Ireland

Autosport* - Belfast Telegraph - Business Post - Decanter - Evening Standard - Financial News - Financial Times - GB News - Granta Magazine - iNews - Investors' Chronicle - Irish Independent - Literary Review - London Review of Books - Monocle - Motor Sport Magazine - Prospect Magazine - Stylist - Tes Magazine - The Critic - The Economist - The Independent - The Irish Examiner - The Irish News - The Irish Times - The Lawyer - The New European - The New Statesman - The Spectator - The Telegraph - The Times - The Times Literary Supplement - UnHerd

Grouped in options:\ Daily Mail Group sites like\ Daily Mail - Mail on Sunday - This is Money\ DVV Media International sites (opt-in to custom sites)\ Haymarket Media Group sites (opt-in to custom sites)\ Haymarket Medical Network sites (opt-in to custom sites)\ National World Publishing sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ The Scotsman - Yorkshire Post\ Newsquest Media Group sites (opt-in to custom sites)\ The Stage Media sites like:\ The Bookseller - The Stage

Bulgaria

Capital - Dnevnik

Denmark

Berlingske

Grouped in options:\ DK Medier sites (opt-in to custom sites)

Finland

Suomen Sotilas

France/Wallonia

60 Millions de consommateurs - Alternatives Economiques - Atlantico - Auto Hebdo - Auto Plus - Capital - Causeur - Challenges - Charlie Hebdo - Connaissance des Arts - Cosmopolitan - Courrier international - Elle - Esprit - L'Agefi - L'Écho - L'Express - L'Informé - L'Oeil de la Photographie (fr/en) - L'Opinion - La Croix - La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest - La Tribune - Le Courrier des Stratèges - Le Grand Continent - Le Journal du Dimanche - Le Journal du Net - Le Nouvel Economiste - Le Parisien - Le Point - Le Revenu - Le Télégramme - Le Un - Les Échos - Les Inrockuptibles - Libération - Paris Match - Philosophie Magazine - Politis - Pour l'Éco - Pour la Science - Public - Réforme - Revue Conflits - Science & Vie - Sciences et Avenir - Valeurs Actuelles - XXI

Grouped in options:\ Groupe Centre France sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ La Montagne\ Groupe Infopro Digital sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ L'Usine Nouvelle\ Groupe IPM sites like\ DH Les Sports+ - L'Avenir - La Libre\ Groupe La Dépêche sites like\ Centre Presse - Journal de Millau - L'Indépendant - La Dépêche du Midi - La Nouvelle République des Pyrénées - Le Petit Bleu d'Agen - Midi Libre - Midi Olympique\ Groupe Nice-Matin sites like\ Monaco-Matin - Nice-Matin - Var-Matin\ Groupe Profession Santé sites like\ Le Quotidien du Médecin - Le Quotidien du Pharmacien\ Groupe Rossel sites like\ L'Aisne nouvelle - L'Ardennais - L'Est-Éclair - L'Union - La Voix du Nord - Le Courrier picard - Le Messager - Le Soir - Libération Champagne - Nord Littoral - Paris Normandie - SudInfo\ Groupe Sud Ouest sites like\ Charente libre - La République des Pyrénées - Sud Ouest\ Groupe SynerJ Media sites (opt-in to custom sites)\ Roularta Media Group sites like\ Femmes d'Aujourd'hui - Flair.be - Le Vif\ TechTarget Group sites like\ LeMagIT

Germany/Austria

Aachener Zeitung - Ärzte Zeitung - Augsburger Allgemeine - Automobilwoche - Berliner Zeitung - Börsen-Zeitung - Cicero - Der Freitag - Der Spiegel - Der Tagesspiegel - Die Rheinpfalz - Die Welt - Die Zeit - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Golem.de - Handelsblatt - Heise online - Jacobin Magazin - Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger - Kölnische Rundschau - Krautreporter - Kurier.at - Münchner Merkur - Neue Westfälische - Nordwest Zeitung - Philosophie Magazin - Piqd - Profil.at - Spektrum - Springer Medizin - Stern - Süddeutsche Zeitung - Südkurier - Tiroler Tageszeitung - Vorarlberg Nachrichten - Vorarlberg Online - Weltkunst - Weser-Kurier - WirtschaftsWoche

Grouped in options:\ Deutscher Fachverlag Mediengruppe (opt-in to custom sites)\ Funke Mediengruppe sites like\ Berliner Morgenpost - Braunschweiger Zeitung - Hamburger Abendblatt - Iserlohner Kreisanzeiger und Zeitung - Neue Ruhr Zeitung - Ostthüringer Zeitung - Thüringer Allgemeine - Thüringische Landeszeitung - Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung - Westfalenpost - Westfälische Rundschau\ Haas Mediengruppe sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ Mannheimer Morgen\ Landwirtschaftsverlag sites like\ Profi.de - Top Agrar - Wochenblatt für Landwirtschaft & Landleben\ 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 - RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland\ Media Group Westfalen sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ Ruhr Nachrichten\ Motor Presse Stuttgart sites like\ Aerokurier - Auto Motor und Sport - Flug Revue - Motorrad - Women's Health\ OVB Media sites like (opt-in to custom sites for ovb24.de news portals)\ Oberbayerisches Volksblatt\ Rheinische Post Mediengruppe like\ General-Anzeiger Bonn - Rheinische Post - Saarbrücker Zeitung - Trierischer Volksfreund\ Verlagsgruppe Rhein Main sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ Allgemeine Zeitung (Mainz) - Darmstädter Echo - Wiesbadener Kurier

Italy

Corriere della Sera - Corriere dello Sport - Domani - Eastwest - Il Fatto Quotidiano - Il Foglio - Il Sole 24 Ore (24+) - Internazionale - Italia Oggi - La Gazzetta dello Sport - Sky Sport - Tuttosport

Grouped in options:\ Gruppo GEDI.it sites like\ Huffingtonpost.it - Italian.tech - La Stampa - Le Scienze - Moda & Beauty

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

*Gruppo SAE.it* sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ Il Tirreno - La Nuova Sardegna*

Netherlands/Flanders

Business AM - Business Insider Nederland - De Limburger - De Tijd - Doorbraak - Follow the Money - Groene Amsterdammer - Het Laatste Nieuws - Linda - NRC Handelsblad - Telegraaf - Vrij Nederland

Grouped in options:\ Algemeen Dagblad (+ regional/ADR) sites like\ Algemeen Dagblad - BN DeStem - Brabants Dagblad - Eindhovens Dagblad - Gelderlander - PZC - Stentor - Tubantia\ DPG Media (not ADR) sites like\ De Morgen - De Volkskrant - Flair.nl - Humo - Libelle.nl - Margriet - Parool - Trouw\ Mediahuis België sites like\ De Standaard - Gazet van Antwerpen - Het Belang van Limburg - Het Nieuwsblad\ Mediahuis Noord sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ Dagblad van het Noorden - Leeuwarder Courant\ ProMedia Group sites (opt-in to custom sites)\ Roularta Media Group sites like\ Artsenkrant - Beleggers Belangen - Flair.be - Knack - Krant van West-Vlaanderen - Libelle.be

Norway

Dagsavisen\ Grouped in options:\ DN Media Group sites like\ DN - Europower - Fiskeribladet - Hydrogen Insight - Intrafish - Intrafish.no - Recharge - TradeWinds - Upstream

Poland

Polityka - Puls Biznesu

Grouped in options:\ GremiMedia.pl Group sites like\ Parkiet - Rzeczpospolita\ Ringier Axel Springer Polska sites like\ Auto Swiat - Business Insider - Forbes - Komputer Swiat - Newsweek - Onet\ Wyborcza Group sites like\ Magazyn-kuchnia.pl - Wyborcza.biz - Wyborcza.pl - Wysokieobcasy.pl

Portugal

Correio da Manhã - Expresso - Observador - Record - Sábado

Russia

Wonderzine

Spain

El Confidencial - El Diario.es - El Español - El País - La Vanguardia - Mundo Deportivo - Política Exterior - Público

Grouped in options:\ ARA sites like\ Ara.cat - Ara Balears\ Grupo Prensa Ibérica sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ Diario de Mallorca - El Día - El Periódico de Catalunya - El Periódico de España - Faro de Vigo - Información - La Nueva España - La Provincia - Levante-EMV - Mallorca Zeitung - Superdeporte\ Grupo Unidad Editorial sites like\ El Mundo - Expansión - Marca\ Grupo Vocento sites like\ ABC - Canarias7 - El Comercio - El Correo - El Diario Montañés - El Diario Vasco - El Norte de Castilla - Hoy - Ideal - La Rioja - La Verdad - La Voz de Cádiz - Las Provincias - Sur

Sport Life Ibérica sites (opt-in to custom sites)

Sweden

Dagens ETC - Dagens Medicin - NyTeknik

Grouped in options:\ NWT Media sites (opt-in to custom sites)

Switzerland

Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Schweizer Monat - The Market

Grouped in options:\ CH Media sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ Aargauer Zeitung - Luzerner Zeitung - St. Galler Tagblatt\ Ringier Gruppe sites like\ Blick - Beobachter - Handelszeitung\ TAmedia sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ 24 heures - Basler Zeitung - Berner Zeitung - Der Bund - Tages-Anzeiger - Tribune de Genève

Grouped in options:\ Groupe ESH Médias sites like\ ArcInfo - La Côte - Le Nouvelliste

Ukraine

Forbes

Africa

Kenya

The Standard

Grouped in options:\ Nation Media Group sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ Business Daily - Daily Nation

Australia/New Zealand

Forbes Australia - Inkl - MacroBusiness - New Zealand Herald - The Saturday Paper - The Spectator Australia - The West Australian (+ regional/opt-in to custom sites)

Grouped in options:\ Australia News Corp sites like\ Cairns Post - Code Sports - Geelong Advertiser - Gold Coast Bulletin - Herald Sun - The Advertiser/AdelaideNow - The Australian - The Chronicle - The Courier-Mail - The Daily Telegraph - The Mercury Tasmania - The Weekly Times - Townsville Bulletin\ Australia Nine Entertainment sites like\ Brisbane Times - The Age - The Australian Financial Review - The Sydney Morning Herald - WAtoday\ Australian Community Media sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted)\ 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 Standard - Western Advocate\ InvestSmart sites like\ InvestSmart - Intelligent Investor\ McPherson Media Group sites (opt-in to custom sites)\ Private Media sites like\ Crikey - Inc. Australia - Smart Company - The Mandarin

China, Hong Kong & Taiwan

CommonWealth Magazine Taiwan* - DigiTimes Asia - South China Morning Post - Southern Weekly - The News Lens

India

Bar and Bench - Business Standard - Hindustan Times - Inc42 - India Today - Live Law - LiveMint - Malayala Manorama - Mid-Day - Newslaundry - NDTV Profit - Outlook - Outlook Business - Swarajyamag - The Economic Times (ET Prime) - The Financial Express - The Hindu - The Hindu BusinessLine - The Indian Express - The News Minute - The Quint - Times of India - Vikatan

Indonesia

Kompas

Israel

Globes - The Jerusalem Post - Ynet

Grouped in options:\ Haaretz Group sites like\ Haaretz.co.il - Haaretz.com - The Marker

Japan

Business Insider Japan - Mainichi Shimbun - Nikkei Asian Review - The Japan Times

Singapore

Tech in Asia\ Grouped in options:\ SPH Media sites like\ The Straits Times

Latin America

Argentina

Ámbito - El Cronista - El Tribuno - La Nación*

Grouped in options:\ Grupo Clarín sites like\ Clarín - La Voz del Interior - Los Andes - Olé

Bolivia

El Deber

Brazil

CartaCapital - Correio do Povo - Crusoé - Estado de Minas - Exame - GaúchaZH - Gazeta do Povo - Grupo Abril - NSC Total - O Estado de S. Paulo - O Globo - Revista Oeste - Valor Econômico

Grouped in options:\ UOL sites like\ Folha de S. Paulo - UOL

Chile

Diario Financiero - El Mercurio (+ regional/opt-in to custom sites) - La Segunda - La Tercera

Colombia

Cambio Colombia - El Espectador - El Tiempo

Mexico

Mexico News Daily

Peru

Grupo El Comercio sites like\ Diario Correo - El Comercio - Gestión

Uruguay

El Observador - El País - La Diaria

* free articles only.

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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 unsupported sites grant host permission for domain).
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 use the issue template, 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. Open incognito window.
2. Clear cookies for the site (by this extension: opt-in to custom sites or grant host permission for the site; also enables blocking of general paywall scripts).
3. Disable JavaScript on the site (by browser, uBlock Origin or other extension).
4. Add the domain as custom site for more bypass options.
5. Open page in reader view (by browser or extension).
6. Try one of the archive sites:
   • archive.is/today will not work with Secured DNS by Cloudflare (or when you change referer/user-agent for the archive site)
   • for Google Search/Inspection Tool test url & copy html (tab) code to https://codebeautify.org/htmlviewer (or use tool for desktop & open screenshot in new tab)

Add custom site

Add your own custom site/group (for group use comma-separated list; set domain like group_...).
Check 'Options'-link in popup-menu and go to custom sites.
* by default BPC has limited host permissions, but you can opt-in to enable custom sites (and also clear cookies/block general paywall-scripts for unlisted sites). You can also just request host permissions for the custom sites you've added yourself (or clear cookies (BPC-icon) to ask for host permission for current site).

By default sites' cookies/local storage are blocked/removed (for example to bypass article limit when metered paywall).

Additional custom options:

• allow/remove cookies (no options selected: cookies are blocked)
• set useragent to Googlebot, Bingbot, Facebookbot or custom
• set referer (to Facebook, Google, Twitter or custom; ignored when Googlebot is set)
• set random ip-address (header X-Forwarded-For)
• disable JavaScript for (sub)domain(s), external domains (when host permission) and/or inline scripts
• block regular expression (to block specific script and/or xhr)
• block_host_perm_add: add additinal host permission(s) for blocked content
• unhide text amp-page
• redirect to amp-page when paywall(selector)
• load text from json when paywall|article(selector)
• load text from archive.is when paywall|article(selector)
• add external link to archive-site when paywall|article(selector)
• remove/unhide elements in dom (optional for dev; check examples)

Download example list of custom sites

Add excluded site

Add excluded sites/domains (for your subscriptions).\ You can also exclude a specific domain which is grouped in options.

Changelog-releases

• Visit the changelog page: local or online
• Download the latest version from GitFlic

License

• Bypass Paywalls Clean is MIT-licensed.

Disclaimer

• This software is provided for educational purposes only and is provided "AS IS", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement. In no event shall the authors or copyright holders be liable for any claim, damages or other liability, whether in an action of contract, tort or otherwise, arising from, out of or in connection with the software or the use or other dealings in the software.

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