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
The Times (UK) sends non-subscribers only the opening lines, so the full text comes from an archive.today capture, which we check for you. With no copy yet, we tell you instead of showing a blank page. Free, legal routes: subscribers can send gift articles, and some UK libraries offer The Times through NewsBank.
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.