Why does Word add an indent that I can't delete?

When I try writing a sentence that overflows onto a new line, word generates a tab that can be seen in shown indents, but cannot be deleted? How can I fix this?

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That indent is called the Hanging indent, and you can set it to 0 in Paragraph settings, which is accessible by clicking the more settings button of the Paragraph group in the Home tab:

You can also change it by dragging the indent marker on the ruler (as Appleoddity mentioned). Make sure you drag the marker that looks like a triangle with its point pointing up, and not the square marker that it's attached to:

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