How to get past L.A.Times paywall with these tips 2023

✔Last Updated: October 2023

Find out how to get past L. A. Times paywall with these workable tips for both Firefox and Chrome browser.

It doesn't matter even if you have your ad blocker enabled on your browser.

These methods can get around Los Angeles Times paywall, and also overcome the ad blocker detection problem.

For those who occasionally want to read L.A. Times free, then check out the tips below.

How to get past L.A.Times paywall

Now let's find out how to read LA Times without paywall with your Firefox and Chrome browser.

MOZILLA FIREFOX BROWSER:

1. No style

You  disable the CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) of your Firefox browser.

 For this method, the page layout is messy, but you can still view the full article.

This is what you do:

1. When you come to the blocked article, click on "View" at the menu bar, which is at the top of your computer screen.

2. A menu box will drop down.

3. Move your mouse cursor to "Page Style".

4. Then slide it over to "No Style" and click on it.

5. It will reload the page.

6. Now you can see a rather haphazard page with oversized images, but the full article is still there.

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2. Add a dot to article

If your Firefox browser does not have ad blocker extension, by adding a dot after the top level domain com of the article URL, you can bypass L.A. Times paywall.

But if your Firefox has installed an ad block extension, then it would still block your page with this ad-blocker detection box.

Anyway, you can still overcome the ad-block detection problem, without having to disable your ad block extension.

This is what you do:

1. When you are at the blocked article, first add a dot right after the domain latimes.com.

2. For instance the article URL is:

https://www.latimes.com./entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-06-18/britney-spears-not-sure-she-will-perform-again

3. Add a dot after the top-level domain.

4. It means after the word "com"

5. So now the article URL should looks like this:

https://www.latimes.com./entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-06-18/britney-spears-not-sure-she-will-perform-again

The dot is highlighted in YELLOW color.

6. Now, press on the "Enter" key or click on the arrow icon at the end of the URL at the address bar, to reload the page.

7.  As the article starts loading, immediately press down the "Esc" key of your keyboard for more than ten seconds or so.

8. Then only you let go of your finger.

9. The timing of pressing down the finger is crucial.

10. You should see see the complete unblocked article.

11. If it is not successful, click on the "Reload current page" (circular arrow icon) to reload the page again.

12. Then as the article is loading, quickly press onto the "Esc" key.

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3. Open link in new private window

1. Go to the Los Angeles Times homepage with your Firefox browser.

2. Right click on the article title, which you want to read.

3. A context menu drops down, click on “Open Link in Private Window“.

4. It will open a new window with the full unblocked article.

To read the next article, DO NOT click it from this newly opened Private page.

You need to go back to The Los Angeles Times homepage, to get your new article.

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4. Temporary containers extension

You use the Firefox extension called "Temporary Containers" to get past LA Times paywall.

After you have installed this browser extension, you can read unlimited the LA Times articles free online.

This is what you do:

1. First install the Temporary Containers extension to your Firefox.

2. To read any L.A. Times articles, right click on the article title.

4. A menu pops up next to the article title.

5. Click on "Open link in new Temporary Container tab".

6. It would open a new page with the full unblocked article.

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5. Bypass paywalls clean extension

Install this extension to your browser, and you can read every article of the Los Angeles Times website free right away.

1. To install the Bypass Paywalls Extension for Firefox, click here.

2. After you have installed and pinned it to your Firefox toolbar, you can see this extension icon.

3. Now go to the Los Angeles Times homepage.

4. On top of the Bypass Paywalls Clean icon is a blue box with the word "OFF".

5. Click on the extension icon with the "OFF" word, and a menu box drops down.

6. Next click on the blue color toggle button.

7. It changes to orange color, simultaneously, the blue box also changes to orange color with the word "ON".

8. Automatically the L A Times website will reload itself.

9. You have unlocked its paywall.

10. Now you can read all the online articles of L A Times website free.

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GOOGLE CHROME BROWSER:

1. Disable css with Unstyler extension

For Chrome browser, you can disable its CSS with the extension "Unstyler".

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2. Add a dot & hold down esc key

It is the same as what I have explained above in the second method for Firefox browser .

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3. Open link in incognito window

It is similar to the third method for Firefox as explained above.

1. Right click on the article title.

2. A context menu drops down, then click on “Open Link in Incognito Window“.

3. It will also open the full article in a new window.

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4. Reader mode

How to enable Chrome reader mode

If your Google Chrome still does not have Reader Mode, then this is how you do it.

1. Paste the following line to the address bar of your Chrome and press the "Enter" key.

2. It will open the page where you have to enable it.

chrome://flags/#enable-reader-mode 

3. Click on the drop down menu, and select "Enabled". 

4. Click the button at the bottom to relaunch your browser. 

5. Now, your Chrome has Reader Mode enabled.

6. You can see its gray color icon of a book with three lines at the toolbar.

How to use Chrome reader mode to bypass paywall

1. When you come to the blocked article, click on that small gray color icon at the toolbar.

2. The gray color icon will change to blue color, and the blocked article now appears in full.

3. So this is how to get past L. A. Times paywall without having to be a subscriber.

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5. Bypass paywalls clean extension

The method of using the Bypass Paywall Clean extension for Chrome browser is the same as for Firefox, as explained in the METHOD FIVE above.

Get the Bypass Paywalls Clean Extension for Chrome here.

Besides, these few methods to get past L.A. Times paywall, you can also use the Archive.Today web caching tool and disable the browser Javascript.

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