This is simple workable tip is how to bypass paywalls by disabling cookies.
It can still overcome the paywalls of many leading publications.
Welcome to another helpful tip from the series, DiGiztal Bypass Paywalls Tips.
Just set it up once for both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
Then you can continue reading Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic and many more sites without subscription.
You do not have to manually clear the the browsing history each time when you are blocked by the site metered paywall.
Below is a list of some websites which can work with this blocking cookies method.
Bypass paywalls by blocking cookies
Now, let's find out how to set up this way of bypassing paywalls for both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox Browser:
I use Harvard Business Review site as an example.
Go your Mozilla Firefox browser.
Click on "Open menu" (three horizontal lines icon) at the top right hand corner of your computer screen.
It drops down a menu box.
Click on "Settings" and a page appears.
Next click on "Privacy & Security" on the left side of the page.
Scroll down a little bit until you see "Cookies and Site Data".
Click on "Manage Exceptions..." button.
A box pops up, titled "Exceptions - Cookies and Site Data".
In the space below "Address of website", paste or type in:
https://hbr.org
Click on the "Block" button.
You can see the Harvard Business Review domain listed under "Website" and its "Status" as "Block".
Finally click the "Save Changes" button.
Now you can go to Harvard Business Review website and read as many free articles as you want.
You won't see the black box asking you to be a subscriber anymore.
Websites that work by blocking cookies for Firefox:
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com
Google Chrome Browser:
Again I use Harvard Business Review site as an example.
Go to Google Chrome browser.
Click on the three dots (Customize and control Google Chrome) and a box pops up.
Click on "Settings".
When you come to settings page, click on "Privacy and security".
Now click on "Cookies and other site data".
Scroll down to the last option "Sites that never use cookies".
Click "Add" button
A box pops up for you to add the site domain.
For this example, I paste in: [*.]hbr.org
Then click the blue color "Add" button.
That's all you have to do just one time.
Now you can continue to read Harvard Business Review site content without being blocked by its paywall reminder.
NOTE: For Chrome, you don't add in the normal website domain, but [*.]website domain without the https// or https://www.
Websites that work by blocking cookies for Google Chrome:
I hope this simple trick how to bypass paywall by disabling cookies is beneficial to you.
At the time of publishing this post, all the websites mentioned work with this blocking the cookies method.
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