Remove The New York Times Paywall
Read The New York Times (nytimes.com) articles free — paste a link and we extract the clean article, check archives, and fall back to a smart proxy. No login.
97%success · 786 tries · last 7 days metered paywall
The NYT runs a metered paywall — you get a handful of free articles, then a hard gate. Because the article text is usually present in the page or captured by archives, reader extraction and an archived snapshot are the most reliable routes.
How to read The New York Times without paying
- Copy the full The 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.
How reliable is it for The New York Times?
Based on 786 recent attempts logged by the tool, RemovePaywall returned a readable result for about 97% of The New York Times links. Most come through as a clean reader view — the article text is extracted directly. These numbers update continuously from real usage — see the live supported-sites list.
FAQ
Paste the The New York Times article URL into the box above and press Remove Paywall. RemovePaywall extracts the clean article, and if it can't, it checks archive.today and the Wayback Machine and falls back to a smart proxy.
You don't need a hack — paste the The New York Times link above and RemovePaywall recovers the article from the page text or a public archive (archive.today, the Wayback Machine). For hard-gated stories, a gift link from a subscriber or your library's The New York Times access are the most reliable routes.
Yes — RemovePaywall is free and needs no login. It surfaces publicly archived copies and the article text already present on the page.
The New York Times uses a metered wall, so the article is usually present in the page — the reader view and archives recover it. Hard-gated pieces only work when an archived snapshot exists.
In our logged usage, about 97% of The New York Times links returned a readable result. Most come through as a clean reader view — the article text is extracted directly.