Remove Slate Paywall
Paste a link from Slate: we try the live page first in a clean reader view, then archived copies on archive.today and the Wayback Machine. Free, no login.
metered paywall
Slate keeps its Slate Plus pieces for members, but the article text is still sent with the page and the prompt sits on top of it. Paste a link and we show it in a clean reader view, with archive.today and the Wayback Machine as backup.
How to read Slate without paying
- Copy the full Slate 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 Slate 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 Slate 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. Slate uses a metered wall, so the article is usually present in the page — the reader view and archives recover it.