# Remove Paywalls

> Bypass paywalls by accessing news orarchived versions of articles with on click

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/remove-paywalls](https://chrome-stats.com/d/remove-paywalls)

## Overview

- **ID:** `remove-paywalls`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Unpaywall
- **Daily users:** 955
- **Weekly downloads:** 131
- **Rating:** 4.53 / 5 (17 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-03
- **First published:** 2026-03-10
- **Size:** 40 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-07-29
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/remove-paywalls/)

## Description

Bypass paywalls on Bloomberg, NYTimes, The Atlantic, and hundreds of other publications instantly. No subscription required.
It helps you read the articles you want to read, without being blocked by a paywall.

We use archives that crawl the web and index articles in their full form (e.g., <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/06d58dd35570a98d42719a4c37b345d64bd0f25a578b7c82ffbf85a094033981/http%3A//Archive.is" rel="nofollow">Archive.is</a>, Wayback Machine, Google).

We've successfully tested articles from publications including Bloomberg, the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Guardian, Harvard Business Review, LA Post, LA Times, The Economist, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, The Atlantic, The Telegraph, and The Sydney Morning Herald.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `declarativeNetRequest`

### Host permissions

- `https://*/*`
- `http://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `removepaywalls.com`
- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/remove-paywalls)