Remove The Times Paywall
Paste a link from The Times: we try the live page first in a clean reader view, then archived copies on archive.today and the Wayback Machine. Free, no login.
hard paywall
What opens any Times article in full: a gift article from a subscriber, or The Times through your library (some UK libraries offer it via NewsBank). The Times sends non-subscribers only the opening lines, and recent archive copies hold just the headline and summary, so new Times articles rarely open here; older ones archived earlier often still do. Paste a link and we check in one step, and tell you plainly when there is no full copy.
How to read The Times without paying
- Copy the full Times article URL.
- Paste it above and press Remove Paywall.
- We show a clean reader view; use the Full page toggle or Open original if you prefer.
FAQ
Paste the Times article URL into the box above and press Remove Paywall. RemovePaywall tries to read the article from the page, and if it can't, checks archive.today and the Wayback Machine.
You don't need a hack — paste the Times link above and RemovePaywall tries the article text on the page, then public archives (archive.today, the Wayback Machine). If there's no archived copy yet, a gift link from a subscriber or your library's access to The Times opens the full article.
Yes — RemovePaywall is free and needs no login. It surfaces publicly archived copies and the article text already present on the page.
It reads the article from the page when the text is there, and otherwise looks for a full copy on archive.today and the Wayback Machine — all in one step. The Times uses a hard paywall, so an archived copy (from archive.today or the Wayback Machine) is the most reliable route.