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Following the top answer to this question, I've created an unnumbered footnote for use in a document like so:

\newcommand\blfootnote[1]{%
    \begingroup
    \renewcommand\thefootnote{}\footnote{#1}%
    \addtocounter{footnote}{-1}%
    \endgroup
\endgroup }

This removes the superscript number from both the main text and from the start of the footnote, but the start of the footnote is still indented. How can I change the newly defined command above so that the unnumbered footnote is not indented at the bottom of the page?

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I have slightly modified the code what you provided:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newcommand\blfootnote[1]{%
    \begingroup%
\let\thefootnote\relax\footnotetext{\hspace{-4pt}#1}%
\endgroup}%

\begin{document}

Some text\blfootnote{A footnote without marker} and some more text\footnote{A standard footnote}

Test

\end{document}

Output

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MadyYuvi
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  • I had the same problem and you solved it thanks! But in my case I had to add a negative space of 22pt because my footnotes are in scriptsize. Is there a way to just specify no indent so it always work independently of character size or font? Thanks – Haim May 02 '23 at 00:13
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The space used for the footnote number in the footnote is 1.8em, stemming from the definition of \@makefntext. The following fixes your issue by removing the indent.

enter image description here

\documentclass{article}

\NewDocumentCommand{\blfootnote}{ m }{{%
  \RenewDocumentCommand{\thefootnote}{}{\roman{footnote}}% roman{0} = empty
  \footnotetext[0]{\hspace*{-1.8em}#1}% Undo 1.8em indent
}}%


\begin{document}


Some text\blfootnote{A footnote without marker} and some more text\footnote{A standard footnote}


Test


\end{document}

Additionally, it sets the footnote number as 0, which printed in \roman (only temporarily within \blfootnote; note the double braces/group) is empty.

Werner
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