Itemize without bullets

Question

I want to use the itemize environment exactly as it works by default, but hide the bullets that would otherwise appear.

Is there an easy way to do this?

Answer 1

You can do this in several ways: for example, by using an empty optional argument for \item (as Jake suggested), or by using the enumitem package to use an empty label, or by redefining \labelitemi; these approaches are illustrated in the following example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\begin{document}

\begin{itemize}
  \item[] First.
  \item[] Second.
\end{itemize}

\begin{itemize}[label={}]
  \item First.
  \item Second.
\end{itemize}

{\renewcommand\labelitemi{}
\begin{itemize}
  \item First.
  \item Second.
\end{itemize}
}

\end{document}

Answer 2

Why do you want to use the itemize environment, if you don't want the bullets? You could simply use the description environment which seems to be exactly what you need. No hacking required.

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
    \begin{description}
        \item Foo
        \item Bar
    \end{description}
\end{document}

Answer 3

The following also works. The {} specifies that nothing should be placed before the items. Use \indent as needed.

\usepackage{enumerate}

\begin{document}

    \begin{enumerate}[\indent {}]
        \item ABC
        \item ABC
        \item ABC
    \end{enumerate}

\end{document}

Answer 4

Just use \null

\begin{itemize}[\null]
    \item First
    \item Second
\end{itemize}

Answer 5

For those looking for an alternative solution: basically, you can pass anything in square brackets \begin{itemize}[...]

\begin{itemize}[x]
    \item First
    \item Second
\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}[  y]
    \item First
    \item Second
\end{itemize}
\begin{itemize}[\qquad z]
    \item First
    \item Second
\end{itemize}

\hspace{10pt}, \quad, etc. commands can be used to add indentation.