Here’s an updated version of my previous Shortcuts workflow to use via the «Share»-menu in Safari on iOS, iPadOS and macOS to easily bypass paywalls on a large variety of news websites.
Install the «Remove Paywall» shortcut
How to use the shortcut to bypass a paywalled article
- Open a paywalled webpage or news article.
- Then tap the «Share»-icon in Safari & choose «Remove Paywall» from the list.
- A new browser tab will open with the unlocked / bypassed webpage.
Since 12ft.io was recently taken down and went out-of-service, it is now using removepaywall.com.
I added the shortcut but it does not remove the paywall
@Marielle it cannot remove paywall on every website; especially those who are not „secretly“ revealing the full content, but require a hard login to view everything, won’t work naturally.
Needed to change the URL parameter to make it work: https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=
Thanks for the suggestion @FX, but the shortcut also works without the URL parameter – and I have to admit that I personally prefer it that way. Using the
/search?url=…parameter, the unpaywalled website view is no longer mobile-friendly & has an overload in UI options IMHO.However: you should be able to modify the Shortcut locally on your device, once installed.
j’ai trouver la solution, fonctionne parfaitement; Merci
does not show up in macOS with seemingly no way to add to the share sheet 🙁
Hi Bob,
Where exactly would you expect it, and it didn’t show up?
Here’s an example to use in macOS Safari
Hope that helps.