Remove AP News Paywall
Paste a link from AP News: we try the live page first in a clean reader view, then archived copies on archive.today and the Wayback Machine. Free, no login.
soft paywall
AP has no subscription wall and its journalism is free, but it throttles heavy readers and shows consent and regional gates that can block automated readers like ours. When that happens, an archived copy on archive.today or the Wayback Machine is the route.
How to read AP News without paying
- Copy the full AP News 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 AP News 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 AP News link above and RemovePaywall tries the article text on the page, then public archives (archive.today, the Wayback Machine).
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. Most AP News articles are only lightly gated, so the reader view clears them directly.