Ignore the outdated tutorial below!
You do not need to go through the hassle to view all the Pinterest pictures anymore.
In fact these days (2024), you can see all the pictures on Pinterest without creating an account.
You can search on Pinterest without logging in.
How to view Pinterest images without registration
Go the Pinterest homepage, and click on "Explore".
Next to the word "Explore", type in whatever topics which you fancy browsing.
For example you want to look for, pulp fiction covers vintage books.
To view any of the pictures, just click on it.
If the sign-up/login box pops up, click on the X to close it.
Now, there is no more translucent matte layer covering over the whole page.
Download Pinterest Images
You can also download Pinterest images or pictures without signing in.
There are two ways of doing it.
Either click on the three dots at the top right hand corner of the picture, or right click on the picture.
A context box pops up.
Click on "Download image".
Save it to where you want.
If you try to save the next image, you would be blocked by Pinterest asking you to sign up.
You DO NOT have to sign up any account to download Pinterest images.
You go to to your browser History, to delete the browsing data.
Then reload the image, and this time you can download the image or picture.
In other words, you can only download Pinterest image only once at a time.
To download the following picture/image, clear your browsing history.
These two tips how to view Pinterest images and download Pinterest images definitely work.
You can view Pinterest images without registration or having to log in to your account.
Yes, you hear me right.
You DO NOT need to register with Pinterest or to sign into your existing account, to view all those curated images, without being blocked.
I know after you have scrolled down a couple rows of images, suddenly the Pinterest white sign up box pops up in the middle of the screen, together with a translucent matte overly covering over the whole page.
You can still scroll the page, but you can't view the images properly as they have been blocked by the sign up box and also shielded by the translucent matte screen.
If you are a member, you need to do is to fill you in your email address and password in order to remove these obstructions.
Here is the good news:
For those of you who are still NOT a member of Pinterest or do not wish to sign up an account, you CAN still view all those wonderful images curated by all its members.
In other words, you can enjoy browsing all the Pinterest images without an account!
Follow my instructions below and you can view all the images right away.
NOTE: This is an old tutorial written way back in the year 2016, and the tips are rather complicated.
Furthermore, it does not show you how to continue viewing images from that newly-unobstructed page, without being blocked again.
This dated tutorial stills works, but a wee bit cumbersome.
DO NOT follow this tutorial anymore.
But instead follow this latest Latest Tutorial. (still works in the year 2021)
How To View Pinterest Images Without Registration Or Login
Here is a trick, you can do to enjoy browsing all those wonderful pictures or photos found in Pinterest, without any hindrance or having to log into your existing Pinterest account.
1. Right click on the black translucent screen, a context menu will pop up.
2. Click on the option called "Inspect element (Q)".
Note: If you are using Google Chrome, then you only see the word "Inspect".
3. Then you can see a white panel with lots of coding.
This panel can be docked at the bottom or the right side of your computer screen, or even as as a separate window.
4. If your panel dock on the RIGHT side of the screen, immediately you can see the heading "Rules".
5. Below it, you can see this:
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;
transition: height 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.26, 0.87, 0.74, 0.93) 0s;
backface-visibility: hidden;
bottom: 0px;
color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
height: 90px;
position: fixed;
width: 100%;
min-width: 800px;
If some of you could NOT see this information, then click on any of the four word "div" word above the word "Rules", until you can see them.
6. Remove all the ticks in the boxes. You do it by clicking on the tick signs in the boxes.
7. Immediately you can a black line strikes out the text and the black translucent screen together with the login box disappeared.
9. Now you can enjoy browsing unlimited free images in Pinterest without any obstruction by an overlay.
For those of you who set the panel on the BOTTOM of the screen, then you should see the coding at the bottom RIGHT side of your screen.
For the SEPARATE window, it is on the RIGHT side of the window.