How Annotate recognizes your subscriptions
Updated Sep 15, 2026
When you read a paywalled site you have access to, Annotate can remember it, so friends who hit that paywall can send it to you for a read. There are two ways it's recognized, both under your control:
- You act on a paywalled page you can read — highlight, bookmark, or summarize it.
- Auto-detect is on (the default) and you simply open a paywalled page you can read.
Annotate keeps no history of your browsing. This only happens when you open a paywalled site you can actually read, and only the site name is stored, never the article, your account or your password.
Manage everything in Settings → Your subscriptions.