Remove The New York Times Paywall
Paste a link from The New York 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.
metered paywall
The New York Times runs a metered paywall: a handful of free articles, then a hard gate. Paste a link and we try the article in a clean reader view and on archive.today and the Wayback Machine in one step. A gift article from a subscriber opens in full for anyone. Many public libraries also give members a free New York Times pass.
How to read The New York Times without paying
- Copy the full New York 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 New York 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 New York Times link above and RemovePaywall tries the article text on the page, then public archives (archive.today, the Wayback Machine).
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 New York Times uses a metered wall, so the article is usually present in the page — the reader view and archives recover it.