This tip how to bypass The Times UK paywall still works as of September 2023.
Most of the common methods to unblock The Times UK paywall do not work anymore.
Forget about using the Chrome incognito window, the Bypass Paywalls extension and even the 12ft Ladder site that is 'not tall enough' to overcome the UK Times website paywall.
Sorry mates, you cannot use those tricks to read The Times UK free online.
Anyway, those who really want to read its trusted, award-winning journalism, please do subscribe The Times.
But for those who want to take a sneak peek into the UK The Times and Sunday Times articles occasionally without an account, then keep reading...
There is still a way to bypass The Times UK paywall to enjoy its unlimited digital content, without subscription.
This tried-and-tested method works for both Firefox and Chrome browsers.
How to bypass The Times UK paywall
You use the free web archiving sites, Archive.Today or Ghost Archive to unblock The Times UK website articles.
1. Archive.Today
There are two ways to use the Archive.Today to read UK The Times or Sunday Times free online.
Firstly, you can check whether the particular article which you want to read has been archived.
If it has been archived, then you can read it right away.
This is what you do:
Go to Archive.Today site.
Scroll down a little, there is a blue color box with the text: "I want to search the archive for saved snapshots".
For example you want to read the UK Times article, "Arnold Schwarzenegger: I’ve turned to self-help. First tip — take a daily jacuzzi".
Copy the article URL, by right clicking on the article title.
The context menu pops up, click on the "Copy Link" (Firefox) or "Copy link address" (Chrome).
Now paste the article URL inside the space provided at the blue box.
Then click the "search" button.
If the article is already archived, it will appear on the page.
To read the full unblocked article, "Arnold Schwarzenegger: I’ve turned to self-help. First tip — take a daily jacuzzi", click on the image, the title or the URL.
If that particular article is still not archived, it says "No results", together with the list of 5 options to do.
Click on the first option, "archive this url".
It would begin loading and archiving the article.
After it has finished archiving it, you can see the complete UK The Time article right there.
Archive.Today extension
For ease of use, you can install its extension to your browser.
Then you can read the full articles directly from The Times UK website.
Mozilla Firefox Browser:
Get the Firefox Archive.Today extension from here.
After you have installed the extension, pin it to its toolbar.
The icon of the Archive.Today is globe with the share symbol.
These are the three (3) ways to read UK The Times articles free with the Archive Today extension.
Click on Archive.Today icon
Go to the UK The Times homepage and click on the article which you want to read
As it is, the article is blocked by its paywall.
Ignore it, instead click on the Archive Today icon at the toolbar.
It goes to the Archive Today site.
If the article has already been archived, you can read it right away.
If not, then you have to to load and archive it.
Right click on article text
At the blocked article, right click anywhere on the blocked article, a context menu box pops up.
Then click on "Search archive.today for page".
Similarly it takes you to the Archive.Today site.
Again if the page have already been archived, you can see it right there.
If not, then load and archive it.
Right click on article title
The third way is when you are at the UK The Times homepage or from the Google search engine results pages.
Right click on the article title.
The context menu box pops up, move your mouse cursor from "Archive" to "Archive link" and "Search link".
Click on any of these two choices.
When you click on the "Archive link", and if the article is already archived, you can read it right away.
If not, then automatically it will start loading to archive it for you.
When you click on the "Search link", and if the article is already archived, you can see it right there.
But if the article is still not archived, it says "No results".
You have to click on the hyperlink "archive this url", then click the "save" button.
Then wait for it to archive it.
Google Chrome Browser:
The procedure for Chrome browser is the same as what I have explained above for the Firefox browser.
Get the Chrome Archive.Today extension here.
2. Ghost Archive
Similarly you can use the other web caching called Ghost Archive to access unlimited free articles of https://www.thetimes.co.uk.
It also has two options which you can either search for the archive articles, or you submit the article URL just like the Archive.Today.
To search whether an article has been archived, paste the article URL in the empty box next to "Search for archived sites:", then click the "Search for sites" button.
If the article is still not archived, it would show the remark "No archives for that site".
To archive this article, click "Archive it now?" button.
Otherwise you can paste the article URL into the other box next to "Website to be archived", and click the "Submit for archival" button.
This is how you can bypass UK The Times paywall to access its digital articles free online.
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