Remove The Independent Paywall
Paste a link from The Independent: we try the live page first in a clean reader view, then archived copies on archive.today and the Wayback Machine. Free, no login.
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At The Independent only Independent Premium pieces are gated; the rest is free and ad-supported. The clean reader view strips both the premium prompt and the consent clutter that sits over ordinary articles.
How to read The Independent without paying
- Copy the full Independent 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 Independent 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 Independent 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 The Independent articles are only lightly gated, so the reader view clears them directly.