Tech fixes and hacks • DiGiztal

✔Last Updated: September 2023

Find out how to bypass 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.

Another article from the ever-popular series DiGiztal Bypass Paywalls Tips.

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

You can get immediate access to all its breaking news, opinions, and articles without subscribtion.

In short, how to read L. A. Times for free.

The original post was published way back in June 2021.

This is a revised and updated post to ensure all the bypass paywall tips are functionable.

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

But if you want to keep up-to-date with Los Angeles Times important news reports, I urge you to subscribe it now.

Read L.A.Times articles for free

No style
Add a dot after .com
Open Link in New Private Window
Temporary Containers extension
Bypass Paywalls Clean extension
Add a dot & hold down esc key
Open link in incognito window
Textise
12feet Ladder
Google Translate

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

Mozilla Firefox Browser:

1. No style (Disable CSS)

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:

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

A menu box will drop down.

Move your mouse cursor to "Page Style".

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

It will reload the page.

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

2. Add a dot to after .com

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:

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

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

Add a dot after the top-level domain.

It means after the word "com"

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.

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

As the article starts loading, immediately press down the "Esc" key of your keyboard for about 8 seconds or so.

Then only you let go of your finger.

The timing of pressing down the finger is crucial.

You should see see the complete unblocked article.

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

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

3. Open Link in New Private Window

The method is by opening a new private window.

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

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

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

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.

4. Temporary Containers extension

Use the Firefox extension called "Temporary Containers".

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

This is what you do:

First install the Temporary Containers extension to your Firefox.

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

A menu pops up next to the article title.

Click "Open link in new Temporary Container tab".

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

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.

For Firefox, refer to this: How to install Bypass Paywalls Clean extension for Firefox tutorial

6. Textise

Use the text-only and accessibility tools Textise to read Los Angeles Times articles for free.

You can view the full text article, but no picture or image.

This is what you do:

Go to Textise site.

Copy the blocked article URL and paste it in the box provided.

Click the "Textise" button.

Immediately the full article appears, but without any picture.

7. 12feet Ladder

Two ways to bypass Los Angeles Times paywall with 12feet Ladder.

Go to 12feet Ladder page, paste the article URL onto space provided, then click "Clean Webpage".

Second method, add 12ft.io/ in front of the article URL.

For example this article URL:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-04/disney-obsessed-couple-loses-lawsuit-to-get-back-into-exclusive-club-33

You add 12ft.io/in front of the URL.

Now it looks like this:

12ft.io/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-04/disney-obsessed-couple-loses-lawsuit-to-get-back-into-exclusive-club-33

Then press the "Enter" key to reload the page.

8. Google Translate

Go to Google Translate page, paste the article URL and click "Translate button.

Read this full tutorial, "How to use Google Translate to bypass paywall".

Google Chrome Browser:

1. Disable CSS with browser extension

To disable Chrome CSS, install this extension called Web Developer.

At the blocked article, click the Web Developer extension icon at the toolbar.

The icon is a purple cog wheel symbol.

A menu box pops up, click the CSS tab, then click "Disable All Styles".

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Instantly, the page changes, and you have to scroll down to read the full unblocked article.

Just like Firefox, the article is all over the place, together with oversized pictures.

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 .

3. Open link in incognito window

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

Right click the article title.

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

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

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.

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

chrome://flags/#enable-reader-mode

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

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

Click the button at the bottom to relaunch your browser.

Now, your Chrome has Reader Mode enabled.

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

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

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

So this is how to remove L. A. Times paywall without having to be a subscriber.