Remove The Free Press Paywall
Paste a link from The Free Press: 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
The Free Press (thefp.com) shows non-subscribers the opening of its paid pieces. Paste a link and we try the live page, then look for a full archived copy on archive.today and the Wayback Machine.
How to read The Free Press without paying
- Copy the full Free Press 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 Free Press 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 Free Press 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 Free Press 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 Free Press uses a hard paywall, so an archived copy (from archive.today or the Wayback Machine) is the most reliable route.